10/09/2012 - Swedish director Daniel Alfredson continues his collaboration with Swedish actress Lena Endre and Danish producer Søren Stærmose on the adaption of Swedish author Johan Theorin’s debut novel

Swedish director Daniel Alfredson (photo) and his cast and crew for his new feature, the adaption of Swedish author Johan Theorin's Echoes from the Dead, have just returned from Cuba, where they shot the first scenes for the mystery drama with Swedish actress Lena Endre in the lead.

"While filming in Cuba, we were warned that Hurricane Isaac was approaching; but apparently he liked the script, so he changed course and left our set on the beach undamaged," explained Danish producer Søren Stærmose, of Sweden's Yellow Bird Production, who has packaged the production with Fundament Film's Lars Pettersson.

Stærmose produced Alfredson's most recent features, The Girl Who Played with Fire [+see also:
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Scripted by Alfredson and Ditta Bongenheilm, Echoes from the Dead is based on Theorin's first book about the reconciliation between a daughter and father, which was voted Best First Mystery Novel 2007 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers and sold to more than 20 countries.

Endre plays Julia Davidsson, whose five-year-old son disappeared 20 years ago on the island of Öland (where the production will film until the end of October). No trace of him was ever found, but Davidsson has always accused her father of being involved in his death.

Supported by the Swedish Film Institute, the feature is co-produced with Swedish pubcaster SVT, Nouvago Capital, and pre-sold toNorway’s TV2, Denmark's DRTV, MTV3 Finland and Lumiere Distribution for the Netherlands and Belgium. Zodiak Rights has international sales.