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Storm

Mans Marlind / Bjorn Stein

Sweden2005 110min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Donny, just under thirty and single, works as a columnist and reviewer in Stockholm. As a powerful storm approaches Stockholm, a remarkable young woman comes into his life. The beautiful Lova is being chased by violent men who want something from her. She gives Donny a metal box which she says he must guard with his life and then disappears. From then on, Donny's safe little world is turned upside down and everything he relies on is torn apart. Storm starts out as a flashy and surprisingly gory action film, but then gradually turns into a multi-layered psychological study of a troubled young man. The makers have created a dark, intriguing web where action, drama, comic books and computer games meet.

Diretor

Mans Marlind

American Film Institute 1993-94 Film direction Stockholm University 1990-92 Film studies Stockholm University 1993-93 Psychology Stockholm Film College 1991-93 Film Université Stendahl 1988-89 French

Bjorn Stein

tockholm University 1991-92 Film studies Stockholm Film College 1991-92 Film I15 Borås 1990-91 Military service/Sergeant Schillerska Upper Secondary School, Gothenburg 1989-90 Communication&Media (tertiary education) Polhem Upper Secondary School, Trollhättan 1986-89 3-year business course