Kevlar Soul

Kevlar Soul (2025)

Kevlarsjäl

Brothers Alex and Robin live in miserable conditions with their violent and severely alcoholic father. In an effort to make life bearable, Alex tries to keep his father in a good mood while taking on a parental role for his younger brother, who is aggressive and unruly. When Alex falls for Ines and travels with her to Berlin, the brothers begin to drift apart, and disaster soon becomes inevitable.

Date of release
2025-08-22
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Director
Maria Eriksson-Hecht

Casting

Interesting facts

Kevlar Soul is a 2025 coming-of-age drama film directed by Maria Eriksson-Hecht in her directorial debut from a screenplay written by Pelle Rådström. It stars Josef Kersh and Rio Svensson as Alex and Robin, respectively, two teenage brothers whose relationship drifts apart after finding love. It is an international co-production between Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

Production

In an interview with Cineuropa, Eriksson-Hecht stated that the main focus of the film was "children who take on huge responsibilities because there's no adult around to do it". She also noted that the film was partly inspired by the 2000 song of the same name by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. The project was first showcased at the 2019 Stockholm Industry Days at the STHLM Debut initiative.

Principal photography took place in August 2023 in Norrköping. A casting call for the film was issued in September 2021.

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