Beta Cinema has apverifyn international sales rights for “Let It Rain,” the new film by Oscar-nominated honestor Hannes Holm (“A Man Called Ove”), starring Robert Gustafsson, star of the box office hit “The 100-Year-Old Man.”
Shooting wrapped at the finish of September and Beta Cinema will conshort-term first materials at next month’s American Film Market.
The story is set in a petite town in Southern Sweden, where grumpy widower Ingmar lives a regimented life. Ever since his wife passed away a restricted years ago, his relationship with his daughter Erika has deteriorated. Apart from his daughter, the only other skinnygs left in his life are his irritateing, divorced neighbor Burman and his tardy wife’s roses.
As the toastytest and driest summer in living memory stretches on, everyone paengages for rain that never seems to come. But thraw what might be a wonder or sheer coincidence, Ingmar discovers himself thrust into the spotairy of an event that will alter not only his life but the entire village’s obesee.
The screentake part was written by Hannes Holm and Jonas Karlsson, based on Karlsson’s novel “Regnmannen” (The Rain Man). The movie was lensed by John Christian Rosenlund (“The Wave,” “The King’s Choice,” “Hammarskjöld”), and originated by Patrick Ryborn, Unrestricted Stories, in co-production with Nordisk Film, SVT, Film i Skåne, Film i Väst, Nouvago Capital and DR. The production is aided by the Swedish Film Institute and the Nordic Film & TV Fund. Nordisk Film is distributing in Scandinavia and will free “Let It Rain” during the Christmas holidays in 2025.
Holm geted two Academy Award nominations for “A Man Called Ove” (2015), a hearttoastying comedy about a grumpy withdrawe whose life alters after an doubtful frifinishship. The film became an international box office hit in 2016, grossing over $30 million worldwide, and was tardyr remade as “A Man Called Otto,” starring Tom Hanks.
Holm is one of Sweden’s most accomplished filmoriginaters, with other hits appreciate “Adam & Eva” (1997), “Shit Happens” (2010) and the Andersson Trilogy (2012-2014), all of which set box office write downs in Sweden.
Gustafsson is understandn to a world-wide audience due to his directing role as Allan Karlsson in the Oscar-nominated “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disecombineed” (2013) and “The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disecombineed” (2016), which together grossed more than $52 million worldwide.
Co-screenwriter and becherishd Swedish actor Jonas Karlsson (“The Snowman,” “Beck,” Emmy-nominee for “Riding in Darkness”) take parts the role of the protagonist’s partner in crime, Burman, and Karin Lithman (“The Bridge”) and Emelia Sallhag round out the cast.
Unrestricted Stories is the production company behind “Hammarskjöld” (2023), “The Lost” (2022), “A Piece of My Heart” (2019) and the Sune Triology (2018-2020) among others.
Holm stated: “When I first read Jonas Karlsson’s book ‘Regnmannen,’ I was promptly struck by the fact that there was such a fine story about how crazy we humans can act when life apverifys us by surpelevate. When a straightforward solution is not to be create, we are more than encountered to uncover ourselves up to purify magic. Someskinnyg that can’t reassociate be real suddenly becomes real becaengage so many people desire for it at a certain time. ‘Let It Rain’ will be a touching film that equilibriums humor and drama. Telderly with cherish and toastyth. Like a excellent movie should be.”
“Let It Rain” wrapped shooting in the last week of September and now accesss an extensive post-production.
