Stormen (The Storm)

 Stormen (The Storm) 2026

• Director: Josephine Bornebusch
• Cast: Gustaf Skarsgård, Aliette Opheim, Filip Berg, Josephine Bornebusch, Jonas Karlsson, Sara Shirpey
• Why? Shakespeare connection. Recommended by film nerd friend MP. Thank you MP
• Seen:  19 October 2026              

           A group of rich, obnoxious, pretentious friends who some years previously studied together at the Stockholm School of Economics gather to celebrate Filip’s (Skarsgård) birthday at his hotel in northern Sweden. Filip and his wife Caroline (Opheim) want the friends to invest in their hotel.

          They are stranded by a blizzard.

          This seems to have nothing to do with Shakespeare’s The Tempest other than the title. In Swedish The Tempest is called The Storm.

          Most reviewers on IMDb hate it. A few love it.

          It’s funny. Sometimes. And tragic. Often. And absurd. Most of the time. That’s why            

 

4* of 5