King Lily of the Valley

2013 1h 30m SV

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Synopsis

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Spring is in the air and Puck and Einar, as well as Christer Wijk are invited to a wedding in Skoga. The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be enters a flower-shop in order to inspect her bridal bouquet of lily of the valley, but suddenly vanishes without at trace. When she eventually turns up again, it is Christer who finds her. She lies dead outside her home with a bouquet of lily of the valley in her hand. Everybody close to the bride are suspects, not least her best friend, whom Christer has just begun flirting with. Everybody seems to have something to hide. Question is: are their secrets connected to the murder?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tuva Novotny
Puck Ekstedt
Ola Rapace
Christer Wijk
Linus Wahlgren
Einar Bure
Fredrik Dolk
Leo
Ida Marianne Vassbotn Klasson
Dina
Bengt Järnblad
Egon
Lena B. Eriksson
Gretel
Alexander Stocks
Joakim

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christian Eklöw
Writers: Jonna Bolin-Cullberg, Charlotte Orwin
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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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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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 Christian Eklöw, shot by Andrés Rignell. 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 Sofia Lindgren shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2511752 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christian Eklöw directs. Andrés Rignell behind the camera. Karl Frid scores. Sofia Lindgren 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 Christian Eklöw, shot by Andrés Rignell. 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 Sofia Lindgren 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: tt2511752 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrés Rignell
Original score: Karl Frid
Editing: Sofia Lindgren
Production design: Maria Håård
Costume design: Ingrid Sjögren
Makeup / hair: Helene Norberg
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: SV
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: King Lily of the Valley (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.