![]() His father shared his knowledge of engines with Ove, who had a part-time job at the train yard. ![]() His mother died when he was a child, leaving him alone with his quiet father, a mechanic at the train company. His attempts to hang himself are repeatedly interrupted by Iranian immigrant Parvaneh, her Swedish husband Patrick, and their two children, who are moving into the house across the street.ĭuring one of these suicide attempts, Ove has a flashback to his childhood. ![]() Having worked at the same company for 43 years, he is pushed into retiring. Ove is depressed, and has been ever since his wife, Sonja, a schoolteacher, died from cancer six months earlier. ![]() Rune is now paralysed after having a stroke, and is being cared for by his wife, Anita. Ove Lindahl, a 59-year-old widower, lives in a townhouse neighborhood where he was the chairman of the neighborhood association until Rune, his former friend, replaced him. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It was nominated for six awards, winning two, at the 51st Guldbagge Awards in 2016. The film was theatrically released in Sweden on 25 December 2015. It stars Rolf Lassgård in the title role. ![]() A Man Called Ove ( Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced ) is a 2015 Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Hannes Holm and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Fredrik Backman. ![]()
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