BLACK ISLAND SISTERS
synopsis
Sweden we meet three women in different stages of life: a middle-aged single mother who is desperately lonely, increasingly alcoholised and negligent of her son; an optimistic and candid woman who cares for her elderly father; a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming a songwriter. They are very different but have two things in common. They all work at the local big steelworks but, more importantly, are members of the same band, whose raucous concerts seem to be the only time they become fully alive. This drama comedy follows them through romance and disappointments in a warm and compassionate film with an excellent sense of locale.
international title: | Black Island Sisters |
original title: | Järnets änglar |
country: | Sweden |
sales agent: | Nordisk Film International Sales |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Agneta Fagerström-Olsson |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | SE 05/10/2007 |
screenplay: | Agneta Fagerström-Olsson |
cast: | Kajsa Ernst, Elisabet Carlsson, Moa Zerpe, Jakob Eklund, Alexander Skarsgård, Rolf Lassgård, Göran Forsmark |
cinematography by: | John O. Olsson |
film editing: | Håkan _Karlsson |
music: | Christer Engberg, Jonatan Lundberg, Ola Gustavsson |
producer: | John O. Olsso |
production: | Giraff Film AB, Filmpool Nord AB, Filmgården HB |
backing: | Swedish Film Institute |