Directed by:
Johannes NyholmScreenplay:
Johannes NyholmCinematography:
Johan LundborgComposer:
Björn OlssonCast:
Christian Andrén, Johan Kylén, Anna Bjelkerud, Niclas Fransson, Eva-Lena Ljung Kjellberg, Bengt Carlsson, Niels Ellegaard, Leif Edlund Johansson (more)Plots(1)
Rikard (Christian Eriksson) is hampered by an unusual deformity that drastically limits his ability to speak, making every day a battle to communicate with those around him. Luckily, his mother and best friend understand him perfectly - plus he is one of the key players on his boules team (a kind of working-class indoor lawn bowling), which provides him with purpose, a circle of friends, and an escape from the drab long-term care facility where he lives. Rikard is also buoyed by his imaginative inner life: a fantasy land where he is a giant bounding across a picturesque landscape derived from kitschy 18th-century pastoral paintings. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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