Kronjuvelerna

Lets be honest. Swedish movies are usually made in a certain way, to please the certain swedish audience. Its always been like this, and it will continue. So when a swedish movie that both looks different, and tells a different story, i always try and take a look. Kronjuvelerna has a mix of everything, a murder story, a love story, with influences from european cinema. But the question is, does it all mix well together?

Fragancia ( Alicia Viklander ) is arrested for murder attempt on Richard Persson ( Bill Skarsgård ), son of the wealthy factory director Persson ( Loa Falkman ). While beeing interrogated by Inspector Samnerud ( Tomas Von Brömssen ), details about her past is about to be revealed. When she was a young girl, Richard Persson was obsessed about having her. But she refused to be his, since she always been in love with ice hockey professional player Petterson Jonsson ( Björn Gustafsson ). When she finds out Pettersson is gay, her world crashes into pieces. And as she grows up, her life is becoming more complicated. Her little brother Jesús ( Jesper Lindberger ) drowns in a lake, after Richard and his friend, challange him to be cool, if he manages to find his keys in the water, that Richard threw into the lake. Everything goes wrong, and Jesús is not found. Fragancia finds out the truth, and she doesnt know how she will continue living. But even if everything is looking worthless, empty, things are about to change, more than she ever could expect.

Director Ella Lemhagen has some interesting twists in this story, its not just about love, its about life, and how people react in life crises. So far, so good. But the biggest problem is that some parts, are very strangely put together. While some scenes are very intensive, some scenes looks pretty silly. And im not sure what Ella Lemhagen was trying to achieve with this. Its a shame everything doesnt work, since this could have been a brand new start for the swedish movie industry, to try and make something different. Kronjuvelerna is at least an example of new thinking, and i have to give credit to Ella Lamehagen for that, she could be a new hope to swedish cinema. Lets just hope her next project can show us something more edgier, and more suprising than this, then we actually may have something to look forward to.

Rating: DD