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64th International Film Festival
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Section: Days of Swedish Cinema

Sebbe (2010) 14

Finland, Sweden | 2010 | 83 min.

Sebbe is 15 and lives with his mother in an apartment that is really very small. Sebbe does what he can. He never strikes back. He loves his mother because otherwise he couldn't carry on. He escapes to a junkyard where his hands bring unliving things to life. He has the power of creativity. He's free there, but alone. His detachment increases at the same pace as his world shrinks, until finally one day he is completely isolated, with only his mother. If she fails, everything else will disappear.

CountryFinland, Sweden
Year2010
Duration83 min
Rating14
LanguageSwedish
SubtitleEnglish, Czech
Directed by Babak Najafi
Screenplay Babak Najafi
Director of Photography Simon Pramsten
Edited by Andreas Nilsson, Michal Leszczylowski
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Biography

A director and screenwriter of Iranian origin, he graduated in film studies at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. He won attention with the short film Elixir (2004) and made his feature debut with the award-winning drama Sebbe (2010). He also directed the thrillers Easy Money II (Snabba cash II, 2012) and London Has Fallen (2016).

Bullying, Drama, Youth, Family, Psychology, Youth