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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #46. Jesper Ganslandt’s Blondie

In 2009 the Swedish helmer factory gave us a new name to watch out for. It’s The Ape that put the filmmaker on our map but we won’t be expecting further medicine-ball pounding from this Swede. Apparently moving closer to the tone of Farewell Falkenberg, Jesper Ganslandt is delving into family and female dynamics via situational humor. We look forward in reading these subtitles.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 6, 2012

#46. Blondie

Director/Writer: Jesper Ganslandt
Producers: Jesper Kurlandsky
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Blondie is about a family, where the three adult sisters (Alexandra Dahlstrom, Helena af Sandeberg, Carolina Gynning) who move home with their mother (Marie Goranzon), once again experiencing sibling rivalry and feelings of hate and love...(more)

Cast: Marie Göranzon, Alexandra Dahlström, Carolina Gynning, Helena af Sandberg & Olle Sarri

List Worthy Reasons…: In 2009 the Swedish helmer factory gave us a new name to watch out for. It’s The Ape that put the filmmaker on our map but we won’t be expecting further medicine-ball pounding from this Swede. Apparently moving closer to the tone of Farewell Falkenberg, Jesper Ganslandt is delving into family and female dynamics via situational humor. We look forward in reading these subtitles.

Release Date/Status?: A 2012 Film Festival release premiere is assured. TIFF should have the North American preem.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).