# A Man Called Ove (2015)

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**Original title**: *En man som heter Ove*
**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Hannes Holm
**Written by**: Hannes Holm
**Starring**: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård

> *Misery hates company.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that thinks it knows how to thaw a grumpy old man. Ove is a widower maintaining a tight grip on his neighborhood. But his routine is disrupted when a young family moves in next door and their matriarch runs over his mailbox. It's manipulative, but it works.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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