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Shed No Tears (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Shed No Tears
| image =
| director =
| producer =
| based_on = Songs and lyrics by
Hkan Hellstrm
| writer = Cilla Jackert
| starring =
| music = Adam Nordn
| cinematography = Erik Sohlstrm
| editing = Hkan Wrn
| studio = Acne Drama
| distributor = SF
| runtime = 109 minutes
| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| released =
| budget = 34,2 million SEK
| gross = 20,9 million SEK
}}
'Shed No Tears' is a 2013 Swedish film directed by Mns Mrlind and Bjrn Stein and starring Adam Lundgren and Jonathan Andersson. The plot is based on the lyrics and music by Swedish artist Hkan Hellstrm, and the script is written by Cilla Jackert. The film premiered on 19 July 2013 and was well received by critics. It won the Guldbagge Award for Best Sound Editing at the 49th Guldbagge Awards.
The main role is played by Adam Lundgren, while Tomas von Brmssen, Gunilla Nyroos and Josefin Neldn appear in supporting roles. Even Hkan Hellstrm himself appears in a minor role. The film's title is based on Hellstrm's debut single "Knn ingen sorg fr mig Gteborg" from the album of the same name.
The film received extensive good reviews, and 27,766 Swedes saw it at the cinema on the opening weekend, which took it up to Biotoppens second place. The following week it had dropped down to sixth place, and at the end of the year was the year's fifth highest grossing Swedish film.
Plot
Pl (Adam Lundgren)'s biggest dream is to get involved with music. His childhood friends Lena (Josefin Neldn) and Johnny (Jonathan Andersson) knows this, and his grandfather Rolle (Tomas von Brmssen), although he most of all would see that Pl gained an orderly job. When Eva (Disa strand) turns up as a summer night and captures Pls attention, she discovers that she shares his dream. The problem is that the only thing standing between Pl and the dream is his own obsessions that once after another leads him to derail just when most are at stake.
Cast
, together with the actors from the film. From the left: Hkan Hellstrm, Disa strand, Adam Lundgren, Josefin Neldn, Jonathan Andersson, Tomas von Brmssen and Gunilla Nyroos.
* Adam Lundgren as Pl
* Disa strand as Eva
* Josefin Neldn as Lena
* Jonathan Andersson as Johnny
* Tomas von Brmssen as Rolle, Pl's grandfather
* Marie Richardson as Lisbeth Lindn
* Reine Brynolfsson as Bosse
* Gunilla Nyroos as Hopp
* Daniel Larsson as Isse
* Eric Ericson as Priest
* Kim Lantz as Denis
* Hanna Hedin Hillberg as Samba Dancer
* Gregers Dohn as Pusher
* Darko Savor as Thug
* Lucas Miklin as Hooligan
* Freddie Wadling as A-lagare
* Ebbot Lundberg as A-lagare
* Hkan Hellstrm as a Street musician
Critical response
The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from Swedish critics. Aftonbladet called it "Beats the most ever seen in the Swedish film", and gave it a rating of 5 out of 5. The rival newspaper, Expressen called it "Hellstrm knew what he was doing", and gave it a rating of 4 out of 5. The film site Moviezine, called it a "Musical treat", and gave it a rating of 4 out of 5.
Awards and nominations
49th Guldbagge Awards
For the 49th Guldbagge Awards, 'Shed No Tears' was nominated for nine awards, some of which it won in the categories Best Editing and Best Sound Editing:MovieZine Awards 2013
MovieZine did a poll at the end of 2013, in which readers got to vote for winners in various categories with substance Movie Year 2013, which 'Shed No Tears' won in the category Best Swedish film, with 49% of the 2555 votes that was sent in. Adam Lundgren, also won the vote in the category Best Breakthrough for his role as Pl in the film.References
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