Kalle Boman

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Kalle Boman

Born April 5, 1943 · Stockholm, Sweden (age 83)

Karl-Axel "Kalle" Boman is a Swedish professor of cinematic film and a prominent film producer. Regularly cited by Östlund as his mentor, Kalle Boman has been the director’s creative consultant and ear, ever since the double Palme d’or winning director went to film school at the HDK Valand-University of Gothenburg, over two decades ago, where Boman served as a professor.

Known For

Triangle of SadnessTriangle of Sadness · 2022
Triangle of Sadness
★ 7.02022
MovieComedyDrama
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
Force MajeureForce Majeure · 2014
Force Majeure
★ 6.82014
MovieDrama
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
The SquareThe Square · 2017
The Square
★ 6.72017
MovieDrama
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
InvoluntaryInvoluntary · 2008
Involuntary
★ 6.42008
MovieComedyDrama
In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down – or failing to do so – are explored.
A Swedish Love StoryA Swedish Love Story · 1970
A Swedish Love Story
★ 7.01970
MovieDramaRomance
The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seem totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.
PlayPlay · 2011
Play
★ 6.82011
MovieDramaCrime
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.
About EndlessnessAbout Endlessness · 2019
About Endlessness
★ 6.52019
MovieDramaFantasy
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
The Brothers LionheartThe Brothers Lionheart · 1977
The Brothers Lionheart
★ 6.71977
MovieAdventureFantasy
After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

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GiliapGiliap · 1975
Giliap
★ 5.61975
MovieCrimeDrama
In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male waiter who is never named (here called W), the female waiter Anna, and "the count", a self-invented nickname by a man cleaning plates. The count is skilled in making others do what he wants. Half a dozen of the personnel assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to liberate a man whom the police move from one arrest to another. The event involves stealing a motorcycle and threatening policemen with a gun. Anna strongly tries to make contact with W. Finally it turns out that she need his help to break her sexual relation to the count, a relation that from her part is not motivated by positive feelings. W rejects her attempts. And then Anna has suddenly gone. She has got a pleasant job in another town. And then W's feelings awaken.

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