A Man Called Ove
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Released
- 2015
- Country
- Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Details
Release year: 2015
Storyline
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
Top credits
Rolf Lassgård — Ove
Bahar Pars — Parvaneh
Filip Berg — Unga Ove- Ida Engvoll — Sonja
Awards
0 wins & 2 nominations
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• Two different Ragdoll cats, Magic and Orlando, were used in the movie. During casting, Magic was selected due to his adherence, curiousness and because he could never be startled away. Orlando was a stand-in used for the scenes when the cat was required to stay put or to be carried for long periods of time. Both cats were born in Poland.
• Official submission of Sweden for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
• When Sepideh discusses building a house with Ove, the video game she plays on her laptop is Construction Simulator 2015 (2014).
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $3,479,315
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $54,608 (2016-10-02)
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color