

With no drama, practical Britt-Marie marches straight home, packs a bag and moves out. Well for them for 40 years, until she discovers her husband is having She thinks she and Kent have a system that has worked He spends his time obsessively watching soccer (or football, as it isĬalled there). Kent travels a lot in his job but when at home, With military precision, while her husband Kent (Peter Haber) tookĬare of making money. Products, the no-nonsense Britt-Marie has taken care of the house In voice-over, she tells us her sister Ingrid was alwaysĭreaming while Britt-Marie was always the practical one, with her Says everything about you, and takes pride in keeping hers neat and

She lives by the motto that a clean house Pernilla August) is a 63-year-old housewife who likes everything While BRITT-MARIE also focuses on a flinty older person, this is more modest stuff than that epic tale. The success of A MAN CALLED OVE set a pretty high bar for this film. BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE (Britt-Marie Var Har) is a Swedish drama/comedy based on Backman’s bestseller of the same name, about a 63-year-old woman who takes a job as a youth soccer coach in a little town, even though she knows nothing about the sport. When Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel A MAN CALLED OVE was turned into an international hit film, it seemed inevitable that another of the Swedish author’s bestsellers would adapted for the big screen.
