Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)
- Original title
- Il capitano
- Directed by
- Jan Troell
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, crime film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young Finnish couple kill three members of a Swedish family over a stolen bicycle. The film follows the couple as they flee across the countryside. It is based on a real 1988 murder case.
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What happens
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (Swedish: Il Capitano) is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell about the 1988 Åmsele murders in which a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle. Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly-mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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