Somewhat later, atter we know the characters, it devotes such close attention to fragments of human anatomy that it seems at times to be recalling those "geography of the body" movies that in provincial film societies used to substitute for art (and sex).But much later, after the hero and heroine have married and settled down to her pregnancy, the area of vision has widened to include rarely less than a bed, a body, or a corner of a cozy apartment.
The screenwriter/director, Robert Budreau, and several cast members are Canadian.AT the very first, as the credits come on, it looks like a kind of micro-cinematography. She slowly begins to identify with Lars.Ĭanadian Connection: Partly filmed in Hamilton, Ontario. However, now Lars and Gunnar, who are holding three hostages, have to figure out how to get away with their lives intact.Īs the event plays out, Bianca learns about how Lars once saved the life of an elderly man and she notices how much care he takes with her, making the ordeal as easy as possible for her and the other hostages. Local police chief Mattsson (Christopher Heyerdahl) agrees and delivers Gunnar to the bank. What he wants is the release of his old bank-robbing buddy Gunnar Sorensson (Mark Strong) from a Swedish prison. Rather than being angry, Lars seems content about what Bianca has done.Īs it turns out, Lars isn't trying to terrorize anyone, or even rob the bank. When he approaches a teller named Bianca (Noomi Rapace) and demands if she's set off the alarm, she admits that she did.
He fires a couple of rounds into the ceiling, sending the customers and employees diving for cover. In 1973, Lars Nystrom (Ethan Hawke) walks into Stockholm's largest bank with a machine gun in a bag. Stockholm, based on a real-life event that took place in Sweden in 1973, shows how the phrase "Stockholm syndrome," in which victims eventually side with their kidnappers, came into existence.
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