My So-Called Father

 

My So-Called Father 2014 

• Director: Ulf Malmros
• Seen by this director: Sally
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Vera Vitali, Michael Nyqvist, Sverrir Gudnason, Johannes Brost, Henrik Dorsin, Martin Aliaga
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Vera Vitali – Britt-Marie var här
• Michael Nyqvist – Colonia, John Wick, Luftslottet som sprängdes, Flickan som lekte med elden, Män som hatar kvinnor, Den bästa av mödrar, Grabben i graven bredvid, Reuter & Skoog, Tillsammans
• Sverrir Gudnason – The Book of Vision, Fenix, Upp till kamp, Cleo
• Why? Possibly interesting
• Seen:  3 January 2024

        Malin (Vitali) has been traumatised her whole life because she was abandoned by her father when she was little. Now she is in her 30s, a schoolteacher, pregnant, and breaking up with the baby’s father Frank (Gudnason). She decides to contact her father Martin (Nyqvist), an actor and a very nasty, drunken, unpleasant person. When he has a stroke and loses his memory, she decides to take care of him and try to build the relationship with him that they never had.

       It’s dramatic and emotional and Michael Nyqvist is outstanding as always. Vitali is also very good.

       

4* of 5