A Man Called Ove - wikipedia A Man Called Ove This article is about the film. For the novel, see A Man Called Ove ( novel ). A Man Called Ove Film poster Directed by Hannes Holm Produced by Annica Bellander Fredrik Wikström Nicastro Screenplay by Hannes Holm Based on A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Starring Rolf Lassgård Bahar Pars Filip Berg Ida Engvoll Music by Gaute Storaas Cinematography Göran Hallberg Edited by Fredrik Morheden Production company Tre Vänner Distributed by Nordisk Film Release date 25 December 2015 ( 2015 - 12 - 25 ) ( Sweden ) Running time 116 minutes Country Sweden Language Swedish Box office $29.4 million A Man Called Ove ( Swedish : En man som heter Ove, pronounced ( ˈuːvɛ ) ) is a Swedish comedy - drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden 25 December 2015. The film was written and directed by Hannes Holm, and is based on author Fredrik Backman 's 2012 book of the same name. In the leading role as Ove is Rolf Lassgård. The film was nominated for six awards, winning two, at the 51st Guldbagge Awards in 2016. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling categories at the 89th Academy Awards. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 3.1 Critical response 3.2 Accolades 4 Remake 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot 59 - year - old widower Ove Lindahl lives in a townhouse neighborhood. Ove used to be the chairman of the neighborhood association, until he was replaced by Rune. Rune is now bound to a wheelchair, unable to speak, after suffering a stroke. Nevertheless, Ove is still resentful of Rune and his wife, Anita. Ove is depressed after losing his wife, Sonja, a schoolteacher, who died of cancer six months previously. After working at the same company for 43 years, he is pushed toward retirement. His attempts to hang himself are repeatedly interrupted by Iranian immigrant Parvaneh, her Swedish husband and their two children, who are moving into the house across the street. During another suicide attempt, Ove flashes back to his childhood. His mother died when he was a young boy, leaving him alone with his quiet father, a mechanic at the train company. His father was only passionate about engines, and shares his knowledge with Ove. When he was a teen, his father is hit by a train and killed. In the present, Ove 's life is spared as the rope he used for a noose snaps and he falls to the floor. Next, Ove attempts suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, by sitting in his running car in a garage. He once again recollects the past, when he began working at the train company. Two men from the local council, whom Ove dubs `` The Whiteshirts '', arrive at young Ove 's home and declare it should be demolished. Ove instead fixes the house. His neighbors ' home catches fire one night, and Ove saves two people. Sparks from the fire cause his own home to burn, but The Whiteshirts tell the firemen not to put the fire out. With nowhere to go, Ove sleeps in a train at work ; he wakes up to find a young woman, Sonja, sitting across from him. He is smitten with her and returns to the same early train each morning. After three weeks, he finds her again, and they begin dating. She encourages him to return to school, and he earns a degree in engineering. Back in the present, Ove 's attempt to kill himself is interrupted by Parvaneh banging on the garage, wanting a ride. Ove then goes to the train station and plans to jump in front of a train. However, a man on the platform faints and falls onto the tracks. Nobody moves to help him, so Ove jumps down and drags him off the tracks. Parvaneh asks Ove to teach her how to drive, and he eventually agrees. He also takes in a stray cat upon Parvaneh 's insistence. He tells Parvaneh about the early days in their neighborhood, when he and Rune worked together to establish rules and order, with Ove chairman of the neighborhood association board and Rune the deputy chair. They grew apart over the years despite being neighbors, until Rune organized a `` coup '' and replaced Ove as chairman. Ove takes care of Parvaneh and Patrick 's two daughters, Sepideh and Nasanin, while she practices driving. He also begins to bond with his new cat. He repairs a bike he confiscated from a neighborhood teen, Adrian, and delivers it to the teen at his job at a kebab shop, where he meets Mirsad, another young man. Ove first mocks Mirsad over his eye makeup, and asks him if he is `` one of those gays, '' but has no problem with that when Mirsad admits that he is. Despite his improved relations with his neighbors, Ove has an altercation with two `` Whiteshirts '' who are attempting to force Rune into a nursing home. Ove then tries to commit suicide using a shotgun, but is interrupted by Adrian and Mirsad ringing his doorbell. Adrian says Mirsad had been kicked out of his house after coming out to his family and needs a place to stay. Ove gruffly invites Mirsad in. Later, Ove opens up to Parvaneh about Sonja. When Sonja was pregnant, she wanted to go on a vacation before the baby arrived. They traveled on a tour bus to Spain, and when they were returning home over a windy road, the bus crashed. Sonja lost the baby and was confined to a wheelchair. When the local authorities ignored Ove 's pleas to build a wheelchair ramp, he went to the school in the night and built it himself. Ove collapses and is taken to the hospital, where he lists Parvaneh as his next of kin. Parvaneh is told that her `` father '' is suffering from an enlarged heart but will survive. Laughing, she tells Ove he is terrible at dying, before suddenly going into labor and delivering a boy. Ove gives gifts to Parvaneh 's daughters, who refer to him as grandpa. Several months later, Parvaneh and Patrick find Ove has died. The neighborhood packs the church for his funeral. Cast Rolf Lassgård as Ove Bahar Pars as Parvaneh Filip Berg as Young Ove Ida Engvoll as Sonja Tobias Almborg as Patrick ( Lufsen ) Klas Wiljergård as Jimmy Chatarina Larsson as Anita Börje Lundberg as Rune Stefan Gödicke as Ove 's Father Johan Widerberg as The Whiteshirt Anna - Lena Bergelin as Journalist Lena Nelly Jamarani as Sepideh ( Parvaneh 's daughter ) Zozan Akgün as Nasanin ( Parvaneh 's daughter ) Viktor Baagøe as 7 - year - old Ove Simon Edenroth as Adrian Poyan Karimi as Mirsad Maja Rung as Young Anita Simeon Da Costa Maya as Young Rune Jessica Olsson as Mähät Fredrik Evers as Anders Ola Hedén as Tom Lasse Carlsson as Ove 's Colleague Anna Granath as Beppo the Clown Emelie Strömberg as flowershop worker Christoffer Nordenrot as a Whiteshirt Simon Reithner as White Shirt Man 2 Jerker Fahlström as Conductor Johanna Karlberg as DIY store clerk Johan Friberg as Director Erik Ståhlberg as the Whiteshirt ( flashback ) Magnus Sundberg as necktatooed man Karin de Frumerie as Ove 's doctor Reception Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91 % based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` A Man Called Ove 's winsome sincerity -- and Rolf Lassgård 's affectingly flinty performance in the title role -- keep it from succumbing to excess sentimentality. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews. '' Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Rogerebert.com gave positive reviews. Reviewers have noted that while elements and formulas are familiar from films such as St. Vincent and Gran Torino, A Man Called Ove is well made and capable of bringing real tears to the audience 's eyes. As of 2016, the film is the third most watched Swedish cinema - film in Sweden of all time. Accolades Rolf Lassgård was awarded the Best Actor award at the 51st Guldbagge Awards. Award Date of ceremony Recipient ( s ) Result Academy Awards 26 February 2017 Best Foreign Language Film Sweden Nominated Best Makeup and Hairstyling Eva von Bahr and Love Larson Nominated Cabourg Film Festival 11 June 2016 Essilor Audience Award A Man Called Ove Won European Film Awards 10 December 2016 European Comedy A Man Called Ove Won Guldbagge Awards 18 January 2016 Best Film Annica Bellander and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro ( Producers ) Nominated Best Actor Rolf Lassgård Won Best Supporting Actress Bahar Pars Nominated Best Cinematography Göran Hallberg Nominated Best Make - up / Hair Eva von Bahr and Love Larson Won Best Visual Effects Torbjörn Olsson Nominated Cinema Audience Award A Man Called Ove Won Houston Film Critics Society 6 January 2017 Best Foreign Language Film A Man Called Ove Nominated Satellite Awards 19 February 2017 Best Foreign Language Film A Man Called Ove Nominated St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 18 December 2016 Best Foreign Language Film A Man Called Ove Nominated Remake A US remake will be produced by Tom Hanks, who also will star in the film. See also List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References Jump up ^ `` A Man Called Ove ''. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 26 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` A Man Called Ove ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` En man som heter Ove '' ( in Swedish ). Swedish Film Database. 25 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` A Man Called Ove ( 2015 ) ''. Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Nominations for the 2015 Guldbagge Awards '' ( Press release ). Swedish Film Institute. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016. ^ Jump up to : Norman, Isabel ; Nykänen, Joni ( 18 January 2016 ). `` Glädjevrålet på Guldbaggegalan ''. Aftonbladet ( in Swedish ). Retrieved 19 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Oscars : Nine Films Advance in Foreign - Language Race ''. Variety. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016. Jump up ^ Samuelson, Kate ( 24 January 2017 ). `` Here Are the 2017 Oscar Nominations ''. Time. Retrieved 24 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` '' En man som heter Ove '' kan få Oscar för make up och hår ``. Expressen ( in Swedish ). Retrieved 22 December 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-star-produce-a-man-called-ove-movie-1041804 Jump up ^ `` A Man Called Ove ( En man som heter Ove ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` A Man Called Ove Reviews ''. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 February 2018. ^ Jump up to : Merry, Stephanie ( 20 October 2016 ). `` ' A Man Called Ove ' : The curmudgeon next door -- with a Swedish twist ''. Retrieved 2 January 2017 -- via washingtonpost.com. Jump up ^ Phillips, Michael. `` ' A Man Called Ove ' review : Swedish heartwarmer on love, loss and connectivity ''. 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Jump up ^ `` Houston Film Critics Society Nominations -- ' The Nice Guys ' and Rebecca Hall Get a Deserved Boost ''. AwardsCircuit.com. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016. Jump up ^ Kilday, Gregg ( 29 November 2016 ). `` Satellite Awards Nominees Revealed ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations ''. St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016. Jump up ^ http://deadline.com/2017/09/tom-hanks-a-man-called-ove-remake-swedish-film-1202174361/ External links Official trailer A Man Called Ove on IMDb A Man Called Ove at the Swedish Film Institute Database A Man Called Ove at Rotten Tomatoes A Man Called Ove at Metacritic A Man Called Ove at AllMovie Films directed by Hannes Holm Adam & Eva ( 1997 ) Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig ( 2000 ) Klassfesten ( 2002 ) Varannan vecka ( 2006 ) Wonderful and Loved by All ( 2007 ) Behind Blue Skies ( 2010 ) The Anderssons in Greece ( 2012 ) The Anderssons Hit the Road ( 2013 ) The Anderssons Rock the Mountains ( 2014 ) A Man Called Ove ( 2015 ) Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1956 -- 1975 The Staffan Stolle Story ( 1956 ) The Seventh Seal ( 1957 ) The Magician ( 1958 ) None ( 1959 ) The Virgin Spring ( 1960 ) Through a Glass Darkly ( 1961 ) The Mistress ( 1962 ) The Silence ( 1963 ) Raven 's End ( 1964 ) Dear John ( 1965 ) Persona ( 1966 ) Here Is Your Life ( 1967 ) Shame ( 1968 ) Ådalen 31 ( 1969 ) A Swedish Love Story ( 1970 ) The Emigrants ( 1971 ) The New Land ( 1972 ) None ( 1973 ) None ( 1974 ) None ( 1975 ) 1976 -- 2000 City of My Dreams ( 1976 ) The Man on the Roof ( 1977 ) None ( 1978 ) A Respectable Life ( 1979 ) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti ( 1980 ) Children 's Island ( 1981 ) Flight of the Eagle ( 1982 ) Fanny and Alexander ( 1983 ) Åke and His World ( 1984 ) Ronia, the Robber 's Daughter ( 1985 ) The Sacrifice ( 1986 ) Hip hip hurra ! ( 1987 ) None ( 1988 ) The Women on the Roof ( 1989 ) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg ( 1990 ) The Ox ( 1991 ) House of Angels ( 1992 ) The Slingshot ( 1993 ) The Last Dance ( 1994 ) All Things Fair ( 1995 ) Jerusalem ( 1996 ) Tic Tac ( 1997 ) Show Me Love ( 1998 ) Under the Sun ( 1999 ) Songs from the Second Floor ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Jalla ! Jalla ! ( 2001 ) Lilya 4 - ever ( 2002 ) Evil ( 2003 ) As It Is in Heaven ( 2004 ) Zozo ( 2005 ) Falkenberg Farewell ( 2006 ) You, the Living ( 2007 ) Everlasting Moments ( 2008 ) Involuntary ( 2009 ) Simple Simon ( 2010 ) Beyond ( 2011 ) The Hypnotist ( 2012 ) Eat Sleep Die ( 2013 ) Force Majeure ( 2014 ) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence ( 2015 ) A Man Called Ove ( 2016 ) The Square ( 2017 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Man_Called_Ove&oldid=850063662 '' Categories : 2015 films Swedish - language films 2010s comedy - drama films Swedish films Swedish drama films Films based on Swedish novels Films directed by Hannes Holm Films scored by Gaute Storaas Tre Vänner films Films shot in Gothenburg Films shot in Majorca Films shot in Stockholm Films shot in Trollhättan Films shot in Vänersborg Nordisk Film films Hidden categories : CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) Use dmy dates from July 2017 Articles containing Swedish - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Кыргызча Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Suomi Svenska Українська 中文 10 more Edit links This page was last edited on 13 July 2018, at 10 : 31 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played ove in a man called ove
Answer: Rolf Lassgård