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Behind Blue Skies(2010)
Status: Released
Date: 2010-09-10
65%
52 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
It's 1975, and Martin is a teenager looking to break out of a stifling home environment ruled by his alcoholic father and long-suffering mother. When Martin's pal Micke suggests they get jobs together as waiters at a resort off the Swedish coast, Martin is all for it, but before long Micke finds better things to do and Martin is left on his own. The presence of pretty fellow server Jenny is a major consolation, but to his surprise, guileless Martin is soon chosen as the protégé of Gösta, the resort's short-tempered manager. Gösta clearly likes Martin and makes him his right hand man, which gives Martin a crash course in the seedy side of life when he discovers Gösta has a number of other business interests, not all of which are legal or ethical.
Languages: Swedish.
Countries:
Sweden
Revenue: $2,921,178.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Fladen Film
Europa Sound Production
Kameraten
Ljud & Bildmedia
Movie: Behind Blue Skies
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill Skarsgård
Martin
Peter Dalle
Gösta
Björn Kjellman
Nils
Josefin Ljungman
Jenny
Amanda Ooms
Siv
Adam Pålsson
Micke
Rasmus Troedsson
Ulf
Gustave Lund
Nalle
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Overview
It's 1975, and Martin is a teenager looking to break out of a stifling home environment ruled by his alcoholic father and long-suffering mother. When Martin's pal Micke suggests they get jobs together as waiters at a resort off the Swedish coast, Martin is all for it, but before long Micke finds better things to do and Martin is left on his own. The presence of pretty fellow server Jenny is a major consolation, but to his surprise, guileless Martin is soon chosen as the protégé of Gösta, the resort's short-tempered manager. Gösta clearly likes Martin and makes him his right hand man, which gives Martin a crash course in the seedy side of life when he discovers Gösta has a number of other business interests, not all of which are legal or ethical.
Release Date
2010-09-10
Average
6.51
Rating:
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