Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem is a 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

-Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 biographical

Biographical film

A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Jan Troell, about the 1988 Åmsele

Åmsele

Åmsele is a locality situated in Vindeln Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 201 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 murders where a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala

Juha Valjakkala

Nikita Joakim Fouganthine is a Finnish murderer convicted of the triple murder of a family in the northern Swedish community of Åmsele.- Åmsele murders :...

 over a stolen bicycle. Antti Reini

Antti Reini

- Cinema :* Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem * As White as in Snow * The Man Without a Past * Helmiä ja sikoja * Solstorm * Everlasting Moments * Stone's War * Angel - TV :...

 stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen is a Finnish actress. She works in cinema, television and theatre.Heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 Swedish film Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem directed by Jan Troell...

 as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason.

Cast

• Antti Reini
  Antti Reini
  - Cinema :* Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem * As White as in Snow * The Man Without a Past * Helmiä ja sikoja * Solstorm * Everlasting Moments * Stone's War * Angel - TV :...
  
   as Jari
• Maria Heiskanen
  Maria Heiskanen
  Maria Heiskanen is a Finnish actress. She works in cinema, television and theatre.Heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 Swedish film Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem directed by Jan Troell...
  
   as Minna
• Berto Marklund as Police
• Antti Vierikko as Jari age 13
• Harri Mallenius as Teacher
• Marjut Dahlström as Teacher
• Eva Stellby as Post-Mortem Dissector
• Matti Dahlberg as Father
• Christina Frambäck as Priest

Awards and nominations

• Amanda Awards
  Amanda (award)
  The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award...
  
  
  • Best Foreign Feature Film (Troell, won)
• 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
  42nd Berlin International Film Festival
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  • Best Director
    Silver Bear for Best Director
    The Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction.-Awards:-Repeated winners:*Mario Monicelli *Satyajit Ray *Carlos Saura -External links:*...
    
     (Troell, won)
  • Golden Bear
    Golden Bear
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     (Troell, nominated)
• Chicago International Film Festival
  Chicago International Film Festival
  The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....
  
  
  • Best Actress (Heiskanen, won)
• Guldbagge Award
  Guldbagge Award
  The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
  
  s
  • Best Film (won)
  • Best Actor (Reini, nominated)
  • Best Cinematography (Troell, nominated)
  • Best Screenplay (Enquist, nominated)