The Guitar Mongoloid (Swedish: Gitarrmongot) is a 2004 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ruben Östlund, about different people living outside the norms in the fictional city Jöteborg, strikingly similar to real-life Göteborg. Although not a documentary, most of the people seen in the film are non-actors more or less playing themselves.
| The Guitar Mongoloid | |
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| Directed by | Ruben Östlund |
| Written by | Ruben Östlund |
| Produced by | Anna Sohlman Kalle Boman |
| Cinematography | Tibor Gent |
| Edited by | Harry Lewinsson |
| Distributed by | Triangelfilm AB |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Cast
edit- Erik Rutström as Erik
- Ola Sandstig as Ola
- Britt-Marie Andersson as neurotic woman
- Julia Persdotter as Ola's girlfriend
- P-A Emanuelsson
- Anna Johansson
- Mikael Allu
- Bjarne Gunnarsson
- Pär Berg
- David Olandersson
Reception
editThe film was met by mixed but overall positive reviews, with a rating of 3.6 out of 5 based on eight reviews at the Swedish-language review aggregator website Kritiker.se.[1] Carl-Johan Malmberg at Svenska Dagbladet gave it 5 out of 6 and called it "a series of sabotages: against our expectations, against good taste, as well as against the boredom of the normal Swedish film with its moderately thoughtful, moderately funny, moderately empathetic, and quickly forgotten stories."[2] Jens Peterson at Aftonbladet was less enthusiastic and rated the film 2 out of 5, summarising it as "Jackass without heart, Candid Camera without humour."[3] The film was honored with the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ The Guitar Mongoloid (in Swedish). Kritiker.se. Retrieved on 2009-04-14
- ^ Malmberg, Carl-Johan (2004-10-01) "En debut vi väntat på" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
- ^ Peterson, Jens (2004-10-01) "Recensioner: Gitarrmongot" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
- ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ^ Awards 2005 Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. FIPRESCI. Retrieved on 2009-07-26.
External links
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