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Beneath the Surface

Play trailer Beneath the Surface 1998,  1h 44m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Drug addict Sandra (Johanna Sallstrom), at age 23, voluntarily enters a Stockholm drug rehabilitation clinic after an overdose. As she attempts to better her own life, she learns that her junkie roommate, Roffe (Mikael Persbrandt), is forcing Sandra's clean-cut younger sister, Jannika (Tove Appleqvist), into a life of drugs and prostitution. As flashbacks tell the story of the girls' tragic upbringing, Sandra leaves the clinic in hopes of saving her sister.
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Daniel Fridell

Director

Johanna Sällström

Sandra

Tove Appleqvist

Jannika

Mikael Persbrandt

Roffe

Lennart Jähkel

Nils Lundgren

Elisabeth von Gerber

Young Sandra

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Movie Info

Synopsis Drug addict Sandra (Johanna Sallstrom), at age 23, voluntarily enters a Stockholm drug rehabilitation clinic after an overdose. As she attempts to better her own life, she learns that her junkie roommate, Roffe (Mikael Persbrandt), is forcing Sandra's clean-cut younger sister, Jannika (Tove Appleqvist), into a life of drugs and prostitution. As flashbacks tell the story of the girls' tragic upbringing, Sandra leaves the clinic in hopes of saving her sister.
Director
Daniel Fridell
Producer
Sanna Johnson, Peter Cartriers, Daniel Fridell
Screenwriter
Daniel Fridell, Jimmy Karlsson
Production Co
Svenska Filminstitutet, Canal+, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Nordisk Film, FilmhusAteljeerna AB
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Swedish
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround
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