Babylonsjukan (2004)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Daniel Espinosa

Writer:

Clara Fröberg (writer)

Release Date:

24 September 2004 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Young woman with a dead-end job and no apartment moves in with a slacker and his friends.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Kidnapping | Teenage Boy | Roommate | Politician

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nina Wähä	...	Maja
Paulina Hawliczek	...	Pauline
Mikael Wranell	...	Jonny
Kalled Mustonen	...	Mattias
Gustav Deinoff	...	Anders
Jonatan Rodriguez	...	Ramiro, friend of Mattias'
Per Burell	...	Niklas Gustavsson
David Dencik	...	Stefan
Gustaf Skarsgård	...	Olle, Maja's boyfriend
Georgi Staykov	...	Pauline's father
Malgorzata Pieczynska	...	Pauline's mother
Andrea Macchiavelli	...	Ramiro's mother
César Sarachu	...	Ramiro's father (as Cesar Sarachu)
Tobias Kronqvist	...	Jacob, Maja's boss
Andreas Svensson	...	Man from 'Nytt Sverige'

Also Known As:

Babylon Disease (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

Sweden:90 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Nordisk Film Production

Movie Connections:

Features The English Patient (1996)

The Babylon Disease

'Babylonsjukan' (The Babylon Disease) is a film about 20 something Maja who is an average middle class girl in Stockholm. Her boyfriend Olle is, like many neo-hippie-wannabes before him, leaving for India for six weeks and Maja has nowhere to live. Olle helps her move in with his friend Mattias, where she's given the kitchen as her bedroom and from there the story takes off.

The plot develops and while humor is a large ingredient there's a refreshing credibility (repeat after me Hollywood- creedibiiility) to it and any Western-European under 40 can easily relate to the issues of the film. It has some more intense moments as well and is given a twist by referring to the riots at the EU top meeting in Gothenburg in June, 2001. The actors are all unestablished but for enthusiasts of new Swedish film the guy who plays Olle can be seen in the Academy Award nominated film 'Ondskan' (Evil). All in all it's a sweet film anchored in every-day very early 21th century Stockholm.