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Staff Pick: Movie of the Week

More from the movie corner of Graziella: A Man Called Ove
 
This week’s film is an endearing Swedish dramedy.  Made in 2015, A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) was directed by Hannes Holm and won the best comedy prize at the prestigious European Film Awards. Although it tells a familiar story that we have already seen in different guises and contexts, A Man Called Ove tweaks expectations and avoids generic pitfalls by cleverly balancing its tricky black humor and tragicomic tone. Tom Hanks is producing and starring in the Hollywood remake set to hit the theatres next year, and we all know that remakes of good films often spoil the original…. 
 
Watch A Man Called Ove on Kanopy here.
 

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