Jesper Ganslandt Picks Out a Few ‘Blondie’ For All-Female Drama

Here’s a piece of Scandi film news we’re happy to come across. Jesper Ganslandt will commence filming on his third film sometime this spring. The Swedish filmmaker’s aptly titled Blondie most probably refers to the airhead factor in a trio of the figures involved rather than the nation’s dominant hair color or the late 70’s singer/songwriter. Principle cast include four actresses of which the very cute Alexandra Dahlstrom (of Lukas Moodysson’s Fucking Amal fame and most recently, a bit part in Romain Gavras’ Our Day Will Come) might be the more internationally known. Part of Sweden’s current new wave of auteurs (Ruben Östlund, Tomas Alfredson and Henrik Hellström & Fredrik Wenzel) post-Moodysson, Ganslandt really took centre stage with sophomore film which played out on the major film festival circuit (which is where we found the film). Jesper Kurlandsk who previously produced Ganslandt’s last film will produce again.

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

Worth Noting: Olle Sarri, the lead in The Ape (which was showcased at both the Venice Film Festival and TIFF)
will have a part in this film as well.

Do We Care?: We’re huge fans of his sophomore film — which unfortunately never found a distribution deal in North America — this might have had to do with the film’s dire circumstances and not the quality, distinct voice or working style (Sarri worked without advance knowledge of the script — he received pages literally hours before each production day and trust me it works.