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Underdog

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Original title

Svenskjävel

Year

2014

Running time

97 min.

Country

Sweden

Director

Ronnie Sandahl

Screenwriter

Ronnie Sandahl

Cast

Music

Stein Berge Svendsen, Gunn Tove

Cinematography

Ita Zbroniec-Zajt

Producer

Anagram Produktion, Cinenic Film, Fixafilm

Genre

Drama | Family Relationships. Immigration

Synopsis

23-year-old "Dino" (Bianca Kronlöf) dreams of a different life. Like an abundance of Swedes her age, she has fled the mass unemployment of her home country in search of a more worthwhile existence in a nouveau-riche Oslo. But her new life is caught in deadlock - Dino finds herself stuck in a destructive loop of temporary jobs, financial trouble and hard partying. A broken arm incidentally leads to a position as a housekeeper in a Norwegian middle-class home. Dino is thrown into a reality very far from her own. During a few sultry summer weeks she ends up the centre of an odd love triangle, an unpredictable struggle for affection as well as dominance. "Underdog" is a tender and raw story of privilege and longing, yet at the same time a humorous and unmerciful observation of the shifted power balance between Sweden and Norway - an actuality where Swedes have become the Norwegians' servants.

Awards: 2015: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Newcomer (Kronlöf). Nominated for Best Screenplay

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Underdog

2014

Ronnie Sandahl