Biopic “Archipelago”

Biopic “Archipelago”

Filming for the biopic “Archipelago” begins on May 14. The film will be Alex Schulman’s directorial debut based on his own script.

Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares and Linus Wahlgren play three fathers who accompany their daughters on a school trip to hell. Stranded with a rowdy high school class on an idyllic archipelago island, they are reminded of their own teenage trauma. And just like the young people, they are soon forced to realize how difficult it is to draw the line between play and dangerous power struggles, and to distinguish victims from perpetrators.

“Archipelago” depicts how contact between adults and children fails when curling and anxiety have replaced closeness and trust. It is also a story about human shortcomings, and the distorted communication between adults.

A charged drama with dark humor, Scanbox writes in a press release.

– I have always been amused by the idea of ​​creating a story where everything goes to hell. I have made some steady attempts in different novels, but I still think that in this film I have finally reached the end, says Alex Schulman.

“A hell of a trio”

The film is shot in the Stockholm archipelago. Three of the country's most appreciated actors play the fathers of the story. Gustaf Skarsgård is the sensitive Bill, Fares Fares the seemingly more secure Bobo, and Linus Wahlgren is seen as the self-confident, boundless Pontus.

– Ever since I directed Gustaf Skarsgård in the theater, I have dreamed of working with him again. I have long admired Fares Fares and Linus Wahlgren from afar. It is simply a hell of a trio. Plus, I will get to work with Sweden's best team. And I am not saying that carelessly, it IS Sweden's best team, says Schulman and adds:

– I have barely been to the archipelago and yet it feels so familiar. Every time I walk between the pine trees and the small cones roll after me on the paths down to the water, I think that I must have lived out here in a previous life. And there is something in those old log cabins. So beautiful and romantic from a distance, but when you get close, the anxiety screams from the scribbles on the bed frames.

Scanbox invests in Swedish film

"Arkipelag" is part of distributor Scanbox Entertainment's new investment in Swedish film, says Annica Bellander Rune, Local Marketing & Acquisition Manager.

I was incredibly taken by the story but not least impressed by Alex Schulman, who is already an acclaimed book author, taking on a film script with great skill, vision and strength. Alex Schulman's tragicomic drama says so much about our time, about how difficult it is to be a child but not least an adult.

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