Sökarna (1993)

Directed by

Daniel Fridell

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

11

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young criminal in Stockholm gets out of jail and becomes a successful bank robber and drug dealer. The story follows his life in an artificially styled version of the city in the 1990s.

stylizededgygrittycoolantisocialunderworldurbanlow-keyrebellious

What happens

Sökarna (literally "The Searchers") is a 1993 Swedish crime film directed by Daniel Fridell and Peter Cartriers. Liam Norberg stars as Jocke, a young criminal who becomes a successful bank robber and drug dealer after serving jail time. The story is set in an alternative, visually stylized Stockholm in the early 1990s. A sequel, Sökarna: Återkomsten, was produced in 2006. A month before the premiere, Norberg was arrested for a robbery he had committed in 1990 and sentenced to five years in jail. Later, it was also revealed that Norberg had used money from his robberies to help finance the production. The film is considered a major cult classic in Sweden. The Swedish hip-hop group Infinite Mass gained public attention after appearing in the movie with their controversial song "Area Turns Red," also known as "Shoot the Racist". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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