Per Carleson

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Per Carleson

Born May 28, 1947 · Stockholm, Stockholms lan, Sweden

Died January 1, 2022 · aged 74

Per Carleson was a Swedish film sound engineer, director and screenwriter.

Known For

The Journey to MeloniaThe Journey to Melonia · 1989
The Journey to Melonia
★ 6.61989
MovieAnimationFamily
When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
Children's IslandChildren's Island · 1980
Children's Island
★ 6.31980
MovieDramaFamily
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.
Daughters of the Midnight SunDaughters of the Midnight Sun · 1985
Daughters of the Midnight Sun
1985
MovieDocumentary
In the film about "the land of eternal light and eternal darkness" we meet some women who talk about their lives. The women have all grown up in reindeer herding families and as children they lived in kotas, moved with reindeer and lived a life in nature. Their own children, on the other hand, have grown up in "normal" Swedish society. None of them have lived like their parents. The film addresses Sami culture, language, school. How modern technology has affected the lives of the Sami.
ParadeParade · 1974
Parade
★ 5.81974
MovieTV MovieComedy
The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.
The Apple WarThe Apple War · 1971
The Apple War
★ 6.01971
MovieComedyFantasy
A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.
The Man Who Quit SmokingThe Man Who Quit Smoking · 1972
The Man Who Quit Smoking
★ 6.31972
MovieComedy
The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled StoryEgg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story · 1975
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
★ 5.81975
MovieComedy
A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business.
The FreethinkerThe Freethinker · 1994
The Freethinker
★ 7.11994
MovieHistoryDrama
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.

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A Respectable LifeA Respectable Life · 1979
A Respectable Life
★ 6.91979
MovieDocumentary
A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out their home when she gets enough of his abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.

Sound