His father shared his knowledge of engines with Ove, who had a part-time job at the train yard. His mother died when he was a child, leaving him alone with his quiet father, a mechanic at the train company.
His attempts to hang himself are repeatedly interrupted by Iranian immigrant Parvaneh, her Swedish husband Patrick, and their two children, who are moving into the house across the street.ĭuring another suicide attempt, Ove flashes back to his childhood. Having worked at the same company for 43 years, he is pushed into retiring.
Ove is depressed after his wife, Sonja, a schoolteacher, died from cancer six months previously. Rune is now paralysed after having a stroke and being cared for by his wife, Anita. Ove Lindahl, a 59-year-old widower, lives in a townhouse neighborhood where he was the chairman of the neighborhood association until Rune, his former friend, replaced him. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It was nominated for six awards, winning two, at the 51st Guldbagge Awards in 2016. The film was theatrically released in Sweden on 25 December 2015. It stars Rolf Lassgård in the title role. Though Ove’s antics occasionally feel repetitive, the author writes with winning charm.A Man Called Ove ( Swedish: En man som heter Ove, pronounced ) is a 2015 Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Hannes Holm and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Fredrik Backman. The debut novel from journalist Backman is a fuzzy crowd-pleaser that serves up laughs to accompany a thoughtful reflection on loss and love. But every time he tries to off himself, he’s interrupted-first by his new neighbor, the pregnant Parvaneh then by Parvaneh’s clumsy husband, Patrick Anita, the wife of Ove’s former best friend Jimmy, Ove’s overweight neighbor Adrian, the neighborhood mailman and finally a mangy feline Ove calls “Cat Annoyance.” Ove continuously pushes his demise from one day to the next, and, as time passes, these characters slowly weave themselves into his life, offering Ove a chance at rebirth. After his handicapped wife dies and he is forced to retire from his job, Ove decides he’s ready to leave the world behind. In this Swedish bestseller, Ove is a lovably miserable neighborhood curmudgeon-think a cross between Up’s Carl Fredricksen and Parks and Recreation’s Ron Swanson-who spends his days inspecting his community and criticizing others, judging each by how closely he follows rules and his choice of automobile (Ove cannot reason with BMW drivers).
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