Story
Hem Ljuva Hem is the intriguing story of 13-year old Stefan (very well played by Anastasios (Stasse) Soulis), father Kent and mother Sara. At first sight a normal and happy family living in a normal Swedish town. But also a family torn by domestic violence.

One day both Stefan and Sara are fed up with Kent’s violent behaviour. Sara gets in touch with social workers and Stefan gives his dad an overdose of pills and puts a plastic bag around his head..... Once Kent doesn’t give any sign of life Sara and Stefan decide to dump his body by throwing it down from a hill.

However Kent miraculously survives the attempt to kill him, recovers and returns to his family; stuck in a wheelchair though. At first he gets completely ignored by Sara and Stefan but after a long while the family is able to pick up the pieces.

Comments
I simply love Scandinavian movies. Hem Ljuva Hem is one of them. And although the movie has no subtitles and my knowledge and understanding of the Swedish language is limited this movie remained interesting until the very end. I sure missed some of the dialogues but all in all the scenes were so fascinating and the atmosphere was so touching that words can easily be missed.

The story is a sad one, one of domestic violence and a family torn apart. Despite the sadness the movie was at times also full of subtle humour, also because the course of the plot is really surprising.  

Stasse Soulis does a great job. It was his second movie after his first appearance in Den Bästa Sommaren (a Summer tale). Up to now he starred in five movies. Alla älskar Alice (Everyone loves Alice), made in 2002, will have its’ Swedish DVD release in April of this year.


DVD R2
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