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EVIL

Original Title

Ondskan

Director

Mikael Håfström

Genre

Drama

Country of origin

Sweden

Language spoken

Swedish/Finnish

Year of production

2003

Admissions

962,152 (Sweden)

Box Office

$ 147,406 (Finland, as at 1st January 2004)

Production

Moviola Film och Television
Nordisk Film/TV
Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Domestic distribution/World Sales

Bir Film (Turkey)
MFA Filmdistribution (Germany)
Minerva Pictures (Italy)
Mokep Rt (Hungary)
Shani Films Ltd. (Israel)

Domestic release

26 September 2003 (Sweden)

Awards

Guldbagge Awards 2004 (Best Achievement, Best Cinematography, Best Film)
Robert Festival 2005 (Best Non-American Film)
Shanghai International Film Festival 2004 (Golden Goblet - Best Actor, Best Cinematography)
Viareggio EuropaCinema 2003 (FIPRESCI Prize)

Suggested by

Klas Viklund – Hear of the Skolbio project of the Swedish Film Institute (Sweden)

 List of Distributors

Release date

Country

Distributor

14 November 2003

Finland

 

30 April 2004

Denmark

 

7 May 2004

Turkey

Bir Film

20 August 2004 

Taiwan

 

14 October 2004

Germany

MFA Filmdistribution

11 November 2004

Hungary

Mokep Rt

12 November 2004

Italy

Minerva Pictures

27 January 2005

Hong Kong

 

4 February 2005

Poland

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have to say and they don't like it.