A Piece of My Heart (2019)

Original title

En del av mitt hjärta

Directed by

Edward af Sillén

Genre

comedy film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

K-7

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her hometown and reconnects with old friends and a past love. The film uses Tomas Ledin's songs to tell a story about life and relationships.

lightheartedupbeatmusicalenergeticromanticcheerfulcolorfulsentimental

What happens

A Piece of My Heart (Swedish: En del av mitt hjärta) is a Swedish jukebox musical film directed by Edward af Sillén and written by Lars "Vasa" Johansson based on music by Tomas Ledin. The title is taken from Ledin's Grammis award-winning song "En del av mitt hjärta". The lead role is played by Malin Åkerman, starring in her first Swedish film, with an ensemble cast featuring Christian Hillborg, Jonas Karlsson, Per Andersson, Shima Niavarani, Johan Ulveson, Johan Rheborg, and Marie Richardson. The film was produced and filmed in Sweden by Unlimited Stories. It was released on 25 December 2019. When interviewed about the film, Ledin expressed his amazement at the quality of the script and said how happy he was to be part of something like this. He also suggested that three or four of the songs are much better than his original. Af Sillén described the film as an "all in-musical comedy" with a great ensemble and big, lavish shownumbers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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