2024 / 99' / Denmark, Sweden
Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward – the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.
Screenings schedule:
15.07.2024 at 13:30, Oscar Cinema, 1a Sportyvna Square (Gulliver Shopping Mall, 7th floor, Kyiv), Hall 3
DIRECTOR - GUSTAV MÖLLER
Biography
Gustav Möller, a Swedish writer/director based in Denmark, has quickly become a highly sought-after name in Europe and the US. Möller graduated from the renowned Danish Film School in 2015, winning the Next Nordic Generation Award for his thesis film, In Darkness.
In 2018, he made his feature film debut with the incredibly successful psychological thriller The Guilty, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the category ‘World Cinema Dramatic.’ The film went on to win an array of awards around the world, including ‘Best Film,’ ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ at the Danish Film Awards, and was also shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
Sons is Gustav’s long awaited psychological prison drama starring the Emmy Award nominated Borgen actress Sidse Babett Knudsen.
Selected filmography
The Guilty (2018)
Follow the Money (2019)
The Dark Heart (2022)
Sons (2024)
Producer: Lina Flint
Screenwriter: Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsenн
DOP: Jasper J. Spanning
Composer: Jon Ekstrand
Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull, Dar Salim, Marina Bouras, Olaf Johannessen, Jacob Lohmann
Production: Nordisk Film Production
Sales agent: Les Films du Losange