The luck comes tomorrow

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Movie
German title The luck comes tomorrow
Original title Under solen
Country of production Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 1998
length 118-130 minutes
Rod
Director Colin Nutley
script Johanna Hald ,
David Neal ,
Colin Nutley
based on the short story The Little Farm by HE Bates
production Colin Nutley
music Paddy Moloney
camera Jens Fischer
cut Perry Schaffer
occupation

The luck comes tomorrow (original title Under solen , German Unter der Sonne ) is a Swedish love drama from 1998 , in which Colin Nutley acted as director, screenwriter and producer. Based on HE Bates ' short story The Little Farm , the film premiered on December 25, 1998 in Sweden. Rolf Lassgård plays the reclusive farmer Olof, Helena Bergström (the wife of the director Nutley) the city dweller Ellen Lind and Johan Widerberg Erik Jonsson, the only boyfriend Olof has in the lead roles .

At the 72nd Academy Awards, Happiness Comes Tomorrow was nominated for best foreign language film .

action

The action takes place in Sweden in the 1950s. Olof is 40 years old, a provincial farmer and illiterate. A newspaper ad for a housekeeper leads him to Ellen, a young, elegant woman from the city. She gets the job; a love relationship develops between the two. Olof's only friend Erik fears his generosity and negotiates a deal. Olof does not tell Ellen how generous he is towards him, and Erik does not tell Ellen about his illiteracy.

After Erik has found out that Ellen is already married and virtually blackmailed her into telling Olof everything, she leaves the court. However, she leaves a suicide note for Olof, which reveals why she left. Since Olof is forced to have Erik read the letter to him, Erik uses the opportunity to add or omit parts of the document about money and eternal love.

A little later, Erik says goodbye by turning back to the sea, as he did before as a sailor, and boarding the SS Andrea Doria .

One day, Ellen and Olof meet by chance. He asks her to read him the letter he always carries with him and tells Ellen that he is illiterate. Ellen asks him if he still wants to stay in a relationship with her. The film ends with Olof and Ellen reunited.

production

Production notes location

It is a production by Film i Väst, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sweetwater. The film was shot in Sjuntorp in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län in Sweden .

more publishments

In Germany the film was shown for the first time on August 6, 2003 in the night program of ARD.

It was released in 1999 in Norway, Denmark, the USA ( Chicago International Film Festival ), Taiwan ( Golden Horse Film Festival ) and Hong Kong (Nordic Film Festival). In 2000 it was screened at the Nordic Film Festival in Singapore and in March 2000 in South Korea as well as in July 2000 in Tokyo in Japan and in August 2000 in Argentina. In 2001 it premiered in Mexico, Iceland (on DVD) and in New York, USA. It was presented at the Swedish Film Festival in China in 2002 and was shown in Peru in March 2002. It had its DVD premiere in Italy in November 2003. It was also published in Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Spain. The English title is Under the Sun .

reception

criticism

The lexicon of international films judged: “A sensitive story, carried by convincing actors, about the growing self-confidence of a lonely man who finds himself through love, as well as about the dark side of friendship. The touching film brings out the themes in subtle nuances. "

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Under solen. In: Swedish Film Database. December 25, 1998, accessed September 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Happiness is coming tomorrow, see the corresponding entry on adS presseportal.de
  3. ↑ a b Happiness comes tomorrow. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 10, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Night 6/7 August: "Under Solen" at ARD sS webforum.zwedenweb.com

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