Directed by:
Gunnel LindblomCinematography:
Tony ForsbergCast:
Birgitta Valberg, Oscar Ljung, Inga Landgré, Sif Ruud, Solveig Ternström, Göran Stangertz, Holger Löwenadler, Marianne Aminoff, Pontus Gustafsson (more)Plots(1)
The "Paradise Place" of the title has a double meaning: not only is it the name of the summer house in the Stockholm Archipelago where a well-to-do family spends its vacations; it is also an ironic appellation for the "ideal" Swedish society. The film is not a moral tract, however. On the contrary, it is a highly attractive movie about four generations of a family and the relationship between a physician, who is trying to keep her family together, and her friend, who is trying to get the doctor to broaden her humanity and concerns. Tension grows when a mentally disturbed child and a sympathetic, "revolutionary" teenager join the family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Birgitta Valberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Shame (1968)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Oscar Ljung
Sweden
Best movies:
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Magician (1958)
The New Land (1972)
Inga Landgré
Sweden
Best movies:
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Brink of Life (1958)
Hugo and Josefin (1967)
Sif Ruud
Sweden
Best movies:
You're Out of Your Mind, Mardie (1979)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Meg of June Hill (1980)
Solveig Ternström
Sweden
Göran Stangertz
Sweden
Best movies:
Face to Face (1976)
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Sommarens tolv månader (1988) (TV movie)
Holger Löwenadler
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975) (series)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils (1962)
Marianne Aminoff
Sweden
Best movies:
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Sonate d'automne (1978)
Face to Face (1976)
Pontus Gustafsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Over the Hedge (2006)
Arne Dahl: Misterioso (2011) (TV movie)
Margaretha Byström
Sweden
Best movies:
Pettson and Findus 3 - Pettson's Promise (2005)
The Touch (1971)
White Trash (2006)