Grabben i graven bredvid
- 2002
- 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
3.3K
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Modern, urban librarian meets simple, traditional farmer and falls in love.Modern, urban librarian meets simple, traditional farmer and falls in love.Modern, urban librarian meets simple, traditional farmer and falls in love.
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- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
Michael Odhag
- Torkel
- (as Mikael Odhag)
Hackim Jakobsson
- Flyttgubbe
- (as Hakim Jakobsson)
- Director
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The north of sweden as we know it
This film is filmed in the north of swedens biggest city, Luleå. I'm from Luleå myself, and that makes it all so much funnier. A farmer (played by Michael Nyqvist)meets a girl on the cementery, in the sabbath next to his mothers. The eat a sausage and the whole film ends up pretty good !
Sofisticated lady who likes espresso meet guy from farm land
A widow age 37 meets a guy at the church yard, she by her husbands grave and he by his parents (grabben i graven bredvid = the guy in the grave next door). She is a sofisticated librerean, she likes her italian espresso (with a twist of lemon), he likes his tea by introducing some teabags in his mouth, and placing the mouth under the hot water. This is a charming love story between the town and the country.
Just amazing!!
this is just lovely. This movie will warm your heart and soul! This amazing feeling that Benny and his librarian share is really something to search for! Watch it now, it's not just sweet..it's a really funny movie too with such great lines!
Excellent film!
This film touched my heart in many ways.
This film has showed whatever the different world you may have, love overcomes all the obstacles in the world.
There aren't so many films who can be so god like this one.
The actors are very good in their rolls.
This film has showed whatever the different world you may have, love overcomes all the obstacles in the world.
There aren't so many films who can be so god like this one.
The actors are very good in their rolls.
Quite a few laughs!
When Desirée, intellectual librarian with a mania for cleaning, meets and reluctantly falls for Benny, busy farmer with 24 milk cows and a 95-hour working week, everything is set up for a huge cultural clash. But what can they do when the sparks between them feels like "leaning against an electric fence"?
I thought that this dilemma was well illustrated, though sometimes a bit exaggerated - I don't believe that talking with your mouth full is typical "farmer behavior" - and the differences in life style between the two contracting parties gave rise to quite a few laughs in the movie theater. This movie also clearly illustrates how our opinion about someone is always colored by our prejudice, even if it's just unconsciously.
I recommend this film to everyone who likes Swedish movies, and also to those of you who, like me, are more sceptical to our nations film industry - this is a good one!
I thought that this dilemma was well illustrated, though sometimes a bit exaggerated - I don't believe that talking with your mouth full is typical "farmer behavior" - and the differences in life style between the two contracting parties gave rise to quite a few laughs in the movie theater. This movie also clearly illustrates how our opinion about someone is always colored by our prejudice, even if it's just unconsciously.
I recommend this film to everyone who likes Swedish movies, and also to those of you who, like me, are more sceptical to our nations film industry - this is a good one!
Did you know
- TriviaDesirée keeps the book upon which the movie is based in her bookshelf, in the slot to the left of the picture of Örjan.
- GoofsAt the end of the film when Benny overtakes the hauling van with Desirée, he is doing it finally when driving to the very end of the bridge. After he stopped in front of the van, his car is just in the middle of the bridge.
- ConnectionsReferences Kurt Olssons television (1987)
Details
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Guy in the Grave Next Door
- Filming locations
- Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden(street scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $447,360
- Runtime
- 1h 34m(94 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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