Death of a Loved One

2013 1h 30m SV

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★5.7TMDB · 25

Crime

Synopsis

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Puck has been invited by her tutor at the university to celebrate midsummer at his secluded cottage on an island together with a group of friends, among them Einar Bure. Puck and Einar are having a secret relationship, and he is the reason she says yes to the invitation. Having been out on a romantic spree with Einar, Puck finds one of the female guests murdered. Einar contacts his friend Christer Wijk, but upon Christer's arrival, the dead body has disappeared. The contact with the outside world is broken when the island's only boat goes missing. They are trapped on the island - and someone among them is a killer...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tuva Novotny
Puck Ekstedt
Ola Rapace
Christer Wijk
Linus Wahlgren
Einar Bure
Suzanna Dilber
Ann
Peter Viitanen
Carl Herman
Andreas Utterhall
Georg
Ida Engvoll
Lil
Fanny Risberg
Marianne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Birger Larsen
Writers: Charlotte Orwin, Jonna Bolin-Cullberg, Lisa Dahlberg
Languages: Swedish
Countries: Sweden

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Crimes of Passion: The Maria Lang Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Birger Larsen, shot by Mats Axby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Karl Frid. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jacob Thuesen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tuva Novotny and Ola Rapace and Linus Wahlgren carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2504308 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Birger Larsen directs. Mats Axby behind the camera. Karl Frid scores. Jacob Thuesen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Sweden. Dialogue in Swedish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "Crimes of Passion: The Maria Lang Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Birger Larsen, shot by Mats Axby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Karl Frid. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jacob Thuesen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tuva Novotny and Ola Rapace and Linus Wahlgren carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2504308 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mats Axby
Original score: Karl Frid
Editing: Jacob Thuesen
Production design: Annelie Wemstad
Costume design: Ingrid Sjögren
Makeup / hair: Therese Sandersson
Sound: Bernt Eklund
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: SV
Certification (US): K-16
IMDB: Death of a Loved One (2013)

Part of

Crimes of Passion: The Maria Lang Collection

Based on early novels by the prolific Swedish crime novelist Maria Lang, written in the late 1940s and early 1950s about an ordinary couple working with a detective to investigate murders and mysteries.