Synopsis
In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy's Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder that takes them from the dirty streets to government officials.
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The Man from Majorca
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Sven Wollter Tomas von Brömssen Håkan Serner Ernst Günther Thomas Hellberg Ingvar Hirdwall Niels Jensen Tommy Johnson Rico Rönnbäck Hans Villius Sten Lonnert Nina Gunke Margreth Weivers Gun Karlsson Marie Delleskog Carl-Olof Alm Tord Norlund Karin Bergstrand Ole Ränge Ann-Christin Santesson Jerry Martinger Johnny Lonn Johan Widerberg Gert Fylking Mona-Lis Hässelbäck Dan Ekborg
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Alternative Titles
Manden fra Mallorca, 마이오르카에서 온 남자, Mannen fra Mallorca, Der Mann aus Mallorca, L'homme de Majorque, Ο Άνθρωπος από τη Μαγιόρκα, 来自马洛卡的男人, The Man From Majorca, Muž z Mallorky, Człowiek z Majorki, 마요르카에서 온 남자, Bărbatul din Mallorca, El hombre de Mallorca
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Norway15
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Sweden11
15 Feb 1985
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Denmark15
12 Jun 1986
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26 Mar 2021
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Denmark
15 Feb 1985
- Theatrical15
France
26 Mar 2021
- Digital Netflix
Hungary
12 Jun 1986
- Theatrical16
Norway
12 Oct 1984
- Theatrical15
Sweden
12 Oct 1984
- Theatrical11
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Don’t let the multiple food breaks and easy-going banter of the two lead detectives fool you in to thinking this is some kind of action-buddy-cop adventure. It’s not. Sure, those moments are in there. But they’re small and hidden in what is really a bleak cynical Swedish conspiracy thriller that thinks it was made in the seventies instead of the eighties.
With nary a moustache or a mullet to be found, this doesn’t just feel like a decade earlier, it kind of looks like it too, with lots of drab looking rooms and beige architecture. Where it looks like any minute now the entire landscape will be knocked down for redevelopment. Which is a long way of saying, kind of…
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Beautifully Scandinavian police procedural adapted from renowned criminologist Leif Persson’s novel ‘The Pig Feast’ that delves into both the lovingly mundane and brutally dark and corrupt underbelly that has come to symbolise ‘Scandi Noir’ in recent years with the international success the genre has had on both the big and small screens.
An efficient post office robbery and subsequent unsuccessful foot chase in downtown Stockholm leads vice cops Jarnebring and Johansson (Sven Wollter and Tomas von Bromssen) into a world of murky corruption that reaches deep into the heart of the Swedish government. Despite its brisk run-time, writer/director Bo Widerberg (of The Man on the Roof fame) quite brilliantly establishes multiple characters, all seemingly unrelated yet somehow interlinked, in a…
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The perfect depressing Eurocrime film for the Holiday season. Takes place during Christmas. It is mostly in drab-looking rooms. Has a few fun foot chases and a bummer of an anti-climax.
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Why do fairly obscure foreign films on LB all have synopses that are misleading or full of spoilers? If you read the synopsis for this film you’re 90 minutes in already. (Edit: New synopsis is good) Anyway, basic plot is a couple of cops investigate a post office robbery and discover a web of conspiracy underneath. If Man On The Roof was Widerberg’s French Connection then this is his To Live And Die In LA. Fascinating police procedural that I think I liked even better than Man On The Roof though the ending isn’t quite as literally explosive. Essential viewing for all you 70’s (even if this was technically made in 84) crime heads out there.
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Bo Widerberg, director of cult crime classic Man on the Roof, returns with much of the same cast to deliver another cop thriller heavily influenced by The French Connection. Whilst Widerberg clearly delights in playing with the buddy cop conventions of Hollywood, he continues to place a definitively Scandi slant upon them. Take the scene in which our heroes, maverick vice cops Jarnebring and Johansson, pause for that most cinematically conventional staple of American cop diets, the takeaway hamburger. Here's Johansson on why he doesn't want a Big Mac; "I just don't think we should support international capitalist monopolies" Hey, maybe all cops aren't bastards?
Set around Christmas, this is a suitably festive watch based on the novel Pig Party…
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Really good stuff. Probably even better than Man on the Roof. Inspired by real events it's another authentic and no nonsense police procedural from Widerberg. Shot in a simple and realistic manner which gives this a lovely grittiness. The slow reveal of a bigger conspiracy was very well done. Loved the relationship between the two cops, especially the way they always had time to stop for food. Ending was quite abrupt but it works mainly because how nicely cynical it was. There's also a really good car chase scene. Enjoyed this one a lot.
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The story begins with a post-office robbery on the 13th of december. Police detectives Jarnebring and Johansson are the first to arrive at the crime scene. The police interrogate witnesses without getting anywhere and a footprint is the only technical clue that exists. Later on, a car accident and an obvious murder, turn out to be two deaths related to the robbery. The pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place and finally form a clear picture. Now it is just a matter of proving who the perpetrator is...easier said than done, in a jungle of departmental corruption
I really liked director Widerberg's sense of action, shot with smart camera angles, all effectively cut, that create really thrilling scenes that were enhanced by Björn J: son Lindh's eerily music. I also really liked the realism, where the smallest supporting role is made into a memorable and real character, where the dialogues appear spontaneous and natural.
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I love the relationship the two main cops have. And the fact they always stop for food gets a big yes from me
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For the genre fans outside Sweden Bo Widerberg might be best known for his sensational and violent 1976 cop thriller The Man on the Roof, in my opinion THE best movie ever to come from Sweden, an ultra-realistic, satirical and very spectacular story about a sniper who takes revenge on the government - especially the police force. Like always, Widerberg is a radical and the story isn't black and white, there’s a lot of grey zones in his masterpiece. Eight years later he’s back with Mannen från Mallorca (The Man from Mallorca), which never reached the same international fame, but you can be sure it’s of the quality. Loosely inspired by a sex-scandal (which also inspired Mikael Marcimain’s 2012 drama-thriller…
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Vi ska hitta en ung man. 41 i skor. Ser ut som dagens rätt i nyllet och kommer nysa om tre dagar.
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Det räcker gått och väl med en gång om året. Har börjat tröttna helt på början av filmen, så det är ju tur att den bara blir bättre och bättre ju längre man kommer in i den. Aldrig uppskattat Tomas von Brömssens insats så mycket som idag.
Glad lucia.
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