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Ted: Show Me Love (2018)

Ted: Show Me Love poster
Original title
Ted - För kärlekens skull
Directed by
Hannes Holm
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
K-16
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the lives of Swedish pop artist Ted Gärdestad and his brother Kenneth. It shows how Kenneth wrote lyrics for Ted's music while Ted rose to fame.

bittersweetnostalgicreflectivepersonalpoignantgentleemotionalintimate

What happens

Ted: För kärlekens skull (English lit. '"Ted: For Love's Sake"'), also known as Ted: Show Me Love, is a 2018 Swedish film directed and written by Hannes Holm and produced by Lena Rehnberg. Starring Adam Pålsson and Peter Viitanen as Ted and Kenneth Gärdestad, respectively, the film is loosely based on the life of Ted Gärdestad, who was one of Sweden's best-known pop artists in the 1970s, and that of his brother Kenneth, who wrote the lyrics for Ted's songs but did not share his fame. The film was released on 3 January 2018 in Sweden by Stella Nova Film. It includes a number of Ted and Kenneth Gärdestad's songs, performed by Adam Pålsson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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