The Uppsala Kidnapping (2018)
Uppsalakidnappningen
A black comedy centered on the real events of the kidnapping that became a viral phenomenon with millions of live followers. Inspired by actual events occurred in Uppsala during Christmas 2011. In a desperate attempt to solve his economic problems Josef Esfarander, a medical student, plans to kidnap a law student from a wealthy family, assisted by his girlfriend Shirin and a credulous friend from high school. Josef strongly believes he achieved the perfect plan, but contrary to all his expectation the carrying out of the kidnapping becomes a farce.
- Date of release
- 2018-08-24
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Anders Skog
Casting
- Poyan Karimi — Josef Esfarander
- Peter Åström — Henning Olausson
- Rasmus Luthander — Sebastian Åhlund
- Shirin Golchin — Shirin Darvish
- Pierre Dahlander — Rolf Pettersson
- Ulf Nyberg — Kalle
- Gabriella Boris — Marianne
- Gunilla Paulsen — Lena
- Dan Johansson — Klas
- Mina Azarian — Shirin's mother
- Carolina Behrendtz — The neighbor
- Helén Söderqvist Henriksson — The bank official
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