A Man Called Ove(Movie, 2015)

Name: A Man Called Ove
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: T01:56:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "En man som heter Ove" (Swedish/SV)

1h 56min | Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 483 votes)

A Man Called Ove (Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced [ɛn ˈmanː sɔm ˈhěːtɛr ˈǔːvɛ]) is a 2015 Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Hannes Holm and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Fredrik Backman. It stars Rolf Lassgård in the title role. The film was released theatrically in Sweden on 25 December 2015. It was nominated for six awards, winning two, at the 51st Guldbagge Awards in 2016. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. ()

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Awards & Nominations for A Man Called Ove

European Film Award for Best Comedy nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling nominated for: European Film Award for Best Actor nominated for: European Film Award for Best Comedy nominated for: European Film Academy Lux Award

About A Man Called Ove

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

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Trailer for A Man Called Ove + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official UK Trailer(Trailer, 1:51)

Additional Information

Production countries: Norway, Sweden

Shot in: Majorca / Mallorca

Plays in: Spain

Based on: "A Man Called Ove" (find it on Amazon)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "A Man Called Otto" (movie, 2022)

Made by: Fantefilm, Nordsvensk Filmunderhallning, Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors A/S, Sveriges Television AB, Tre Vänner AB

Original language: Swedish (SV)

Spoken languages: Persian (FA), Swedish (SV)

Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/26/2016 (World premiere: 12/25/2015)

Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Chatarina Larsson, Johan Widerberg, Anna-Lena Bergelin

Director: Hannes Holm

Producer: Annica Bellander, Nicklas Wikström Nicastro

Screenwriter: Hannes Holm

Film Editor: Fredrik Morheden

Director of Photography: Göran Hallberg

Composer: Gaute Storaas

Costume designer: Camilla Lindblom

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Mees nimega Ove"

"Κάποιος που τον έλεγαν Όβε"

"Een Man Die Ove Heet"

"En man som heter Ove"

"Друге життя Уве"

Keywords: black humor, dark comedy, bitterness, suicidal, pregnant woman, volvo

Revenue: 30,692,889 USD

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Official UK Trailer(Trailer, 1:51)

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