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Nasty Old People Directed by Hanna Sköld Produced by Helene Granqvist Written by Hanna Sköld Music by Magnus Jarlbo Cinematography Martin Lang Release date(s) October 10, 2009 (SE, TPB) Running time 84 minutes Country Sweden Language Swedish Nasty Old People is a 2009 Swedish film directed by Hanna Sköld, Tangram Film. It premiered on 10 October 2009 at Kontrapunkt in Malmö and on file sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Plot
A young woman, Mette, is a member of a neo-Nazi gang, while her day job is to take care of four crazy old people that all are just waiting to die. Her life becomes a journey into a burlesque fairytale, where the rules of the game are created by Mette herself. Mette is indifferent about her way of life, until one night she assaults a man, kicking him senseless. Waking up the day after, she realizes that something is wrong, and in company with her crazy oldies she longs for respect and love. She can tell that the old folks are marginalized by the modern society, but together they create a world and a voice of their own.
Cast
- Febe Nilsson as Mette
- Karin Bertling as Elsie
- Cecile Anckarswärd as Märta
- Håkan Jeppsson as Mr. W
- Rune Bergman as Harald
- Torkel Petersson as gardener
- Anna Nevander as Ida
- David Book as neo-Nazi
Production
The setting for the film was inspired by friends of the director who had worked with the elderly (Jessica Hilton).[1] The protagonist is loosely based on a person the director met who turned out to be an ex-neo-Nazi (Otis Robinson).[2]
To finance the film, director Hanna Sköld took a bankloan and received some financial support from the regional film fund, Film i Skåne. Most of the production, however, was done without any payment.[1][2]
Release
Distribution of the movie is mostly done using BitTorrent, this dramatically decreases distribution costs compared to traditional methods and instead relies on users and viewers for further distribution of the movie. Thus distribution of this movie is not controlled by the makers of the film but by the community of viewers and fans. Each individual can help by continuing to seed the movie's BitTorrent. Hanna Sköld states on her blog that digital distribution of her movie may be better for the environment, since there is no need to print DVDs, package and transport them.[3]
Subtitles in Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Spanish have been contributed by viewers, as well as original English and Swedish.[3] Thus the movie has applied the same strategy as many open source software projects to improve and add additional features.
References
- ^ a b "Hemtjänst och nazism i ny Malmöfilm" (in Swedish). Lokaltidningen Malmö. 2009-01-08. http://malmo.lokaltidningen.se/article/20090108/ARTIKLER/666745531/1296/i. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ a b Sandahl, Amalthea (2008-01-15). "Människa – och nazist" (in Swedish). Arbetaren. http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/kultur20080115. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ a b Sköld, Hanna (2009-11-30). "Nasty Old People Official Site". http://nastyoldpeople.org/. Retrieved 2009-12-2.
External links
- Official website
- Nasty old people at The Pirate Bay
- Nasty old people at the Internet Movie Database
- Nasty old people at the Swedish Film Institute (Swedish)
- Nasty old people at the Open Directory Project
Categories:- Swedish films
- Creative Commons
- Swedish-language films
- 2009 films
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