Sometimes I just like the sound of a language. I have worked with clients from Sweden belonging to two big and famous incorporation. Heard numerous stories about the type of life people lead in Sweden especially Stockholm.
As I know it is quite a liberal society with decent and skilled people. They have 'son' frequently at the end of their surnames and I know about football or rather soccer associated with Sweden among other things.
I watched a movie where the protagonist belonged to a town called Amal. It turned out to be one of the sweetest movies I have seen for a long long time. May be because the family and especially the dad of one of the main leads is so much like mine--Supportive and affectionate. Agnes and Elin are the the two kids who share the main roles. The girl who was playing Elin looked partly Russian and indeed she is.
A story of being a different and lonely kid and the gorgeous, kind yet super bored kid in a small town. The plain intelligent girl and the gorgeous super popular girl...this combination has been used in so many movies such as 'Poison Ivy', 'Heavenly Creatures', 'My Summer of Love', 'Water Lilies' and I can't really remember all the names but sure as hell it is a killer combo and fatal attraction at times. However the movie, I saw is, probably the sweetest portrayal of the combination. It's name sounds misnomer in the original (Fucking Åmål) movie but is named 'Show Me Love' in its US release. I did some background work and found out that the two kids playing the main lead grew up to be women of substances, completing their education properly in spite of having the pressure of the limelight on them in such a young age. They (Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg) amazed me with their great performances and I am swept off by Sweden once more.
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