The Uppsala Kidnapping (2018)
A black comedy centered on the real events of the kidnapping that became a viral phenomenon with millions of live followers. Inspired by actual events occurred in Uppsala during Christmas 2011. In a desperate attempt to solve his economic problems Josef Esfarander, a medical student, plans to kidnap a law student from a wealthy family, assisted by his girlfriend Shirin and a credulous friend from high school. Josef strongly believes he achieved the perfect plan, but contrary to all his expectation the carrying out of the kidnapping becomes a farce.
- Released
- 2018-08-24
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Anders Skog
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Poyan Karimi as Josef Esfarander
- Peter Åström as Henning Olausson
- Rasmus Luthander as Sebastian Åhlund
- Shirin Golchin as Shirin Darvish
- Pierre Dahlander as Rolf Pettersson
- Ulf Nyberg as Kalle
- Gabriella Boris as Marianne
- Gunilla Paulsen as Lena
- Dan Johansson as Klas
- Mina Azarian as Shirin's mother
- Carolina Behrendtz as The neighbor
- Helén Söderqvist Henriksson as The bank official