Tic Tac (film)

Tic Tac
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Daniel Alfredson
Written by	Hans Renhäll
Produced by	Katinka Faragó
Cinematography	Peter Mokrosinski
Edited by	Håkan Karlsson
Music by	Fläskkvartetten
Release date	31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) (Sweden)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Tic Tac is a Swedish psychological thriller film and drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 31 October 1997,^[1] directed by Daniel Alfredson and written by Hans Renhäll, about various people involved in small crime during one day and night in Stockholm. The film won the Guldbagge Award for best film and was Sweden's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but failed to be nominated.^[2][3]

Some critics have called the film "a Swedish Pulp Fiction".^[4][5]

Cast

• Oliver Loftéen as Micke
• Tuva Novotny as Jeanette
• Jacob Nordenson as Kent
• Tintin Anderzon as Ylva
• Emil Forselius as Lasse
• Mats Helin as Jorma
• Claudio Salgado as Pedro
• Nadja Weiss as Francesca
• Thomas Hanzon as Niklas
• Douglas Johansson as Tommy
• Franco Mariano as Giuseppe
• Michael Nyqvist as Vinni
• Hugo Ruiz as Manuel
• Gunvor Pontén as Rosita
• Bengt Blomgren as Gösta
• Barbro Kollberg as Edith
• Ewamaria Björkström-Roos as Zoe
• Gustaf Elander as Wikström
• Camilla Hellquist as receptionist
• Jesper Bergom-Larsson
• Henry Duhs as Benny

Reception

Gunnar Rehlin of Variety called the film "A clever blend of the narrative styles of Short Cuts and Pulp Fiction, adding that "[it] is one of the most interesting films to come out of Sweden in a long time".^[5]

Awards and nominations

The film won the Guldbagge Awards for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Supporting Actor (Emil Forselius). Hans Renhäll was nominated for Best Screenplay.^[6] It also won the Don Quijote Award and FIPRESCI Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

See also

• List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Tic Tc" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
3. "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
4. "Tic Tac". Time Out.
5. Rehlin, Gunnar (9 November 1997). "Tic Tac". Variety.
6. "Guldbaggen: Vinnare och nominerade 1991-1999" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

External links

• Tic Tac at IMDb
• Tic Tac at the Swedish Film Institute Database