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Wikipedia article




'Lithivm' (also known as 'Lithium Europe') is a Swedish horror thriller from 1998 directed by David Flamholc and Swedish voice acting veteran Fredrik Dolk and Johan Widerberg. The title of the film is a stylised spelling of 'Lithium' which is used to treat people with bipolar disorder.

Plot



The bipolar Hanna gets an internship at a newspaper but is not satisfied with her duties that involve reading letters. She is pestered by her psychopathic on-and-off lover Martin and comes to believe that the divorced schizophrenic Dag is a serial killer.

Cast



*Agnieszka Koson - Hanna (as 'Agnieszka')

*Fredrik Dolk - Dag Tingstrm

*Johan Widerberg - Martin

*Yvonne Lombard - Hasse

*Bjrn Granath - Lt. Henrik Laurentsson

*Marika Lagercrantz - Margareta

*Lina Perned - Marianne

*Gran Forsmark - Werner

*Ola Wahlstrm - Greidner

*Mns Westfelt - Birger

*Kent-Arne Dahlgren - Sten (Stone)

*Simon Paulsson - Filip

*Christer Holmgren - Stefan

*Babben Larsson - as herself

*Finn Kronsporre - Police

*Jannike Grut - Police woman

*Annika Sund - Police driver

*Tony Lindsj - Police

Crew



*Production Designer Erika kvist

*Assistant Director Gita Mallik

*Carpenter Ayden Demirkiran

*Sound Effects by Monir Eriksson

*Stunt Coordinator Lars Lundgren

*Best girl Rebecka Liljeberg

*Grip operated by Peter Pettersson

*Sound Mixer Berndt Frithiof

*First Assistant Camera Mikal Meisen-Dietmann

*Stunts by Joachim von Rost

*Production Assistant Martin Goldberg

*Production Assistant Marie Eklinder

About the film



The film was shot in Stockholm using 16 mm reverse film that was later blown up to 35mm. This created much grain. The cinematography Flamholc and Mrten Nilsson was going for, was a further stylisation of the techniques they had used in Nightbus 807. Lithvim was the third and final film Flamholc made with Fredrik Dolk and his final fiction film to date. The film did receive support from the Swedish Film Institute.

Response



The film bombed on the Swedish box office and was declared one of the worst Swedish films of all time. In the US the film was on the other hand received very well, the film won Young Filmmaker Award at Hollywood Film Festival. And Variety wrote: Flamholc visual storytelling is already a paragon of young Nordic cinema responding to and possibly setting late-90s trends. "Production values on $500,000 pic are memorable, from Kenneth Cosimos jarring techno score to d.p. Marten Nilssons stunning images, which at extreme moments saturate the screen with ultra-grainy textures in a urine-like yellow."

References




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