Variety Critics´ Choice 2002 / Sprängaren / Sweden 2001
The stadium in which Sweden is to host the Olympic Games becomes the target of a bomb attack and a body is found in the wreckage. The young reporter Annika grabs the opportunity for a sensational story and discovers that a terrorist attack may not have been the real motive. The more she finds out, however, the more she puts herself in jeopardy.
A workaholic crime reporter tracks down a mad bomber in "Deadline," British-born, Swedish-based helmer Colin Nutley´s first stab at a thriller, based on one of the best-selling Swedish novels of the past decade. Annika Bengtzon (Helena Bergström, Nutley´s actress wife) is named chief crime reporter of the (fictional) Stockholm tabloid Kvallspressen, and lots of male colleagues, like old-timer Nils Langeby (Brässe Brännstrom), can´t wait for her to make a mistake. Then Annika gets hooked on a story - a sensational one in which the stadium where Sweden is to host the Olympic Games is bombed and a body is found among the rubble. "Deadline" functions well as a drama about a woman whose professional ambitions conflict with both her domestic life and the male colleagues who feel threatened by her. - Gunnar Rehlin
128 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Colin Nutley
/ Screenplay Colin Nutley, Anna Frederiksson, Johanna Hald podle románu/based on the novel by Liza Marklund
/ Dir. of Photography Jens Fischer
/ Music Per Andréasson
/ Editor Perry Schaffer
/ Producer Maritha Nordstedt
/ Production Sweetwater AB
/ Cast Helena Bergström, Örjan Ramberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Brässe Brännstrom, Pernilla August, Niklas Hjulström, Ewa Fröling, Maria Lundqvist
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