Holy Mess

2015 Swedish film

Produced byPetra JönssonStarring

Maria Lundqvist
Robert Gustafsson
Anastasios Soulis

CinematographyPeter MokrosinskiEdited byTess LindbergMusic byPer Andréasson

Production
company

Sweetwater Production AB

Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri

Release date

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13) (Sweden)

CountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

Holy Mess (Swedish: En underbar jävla jul) is a Swedish comedy film which premiered on 13 November 2015. The film is directed by Helena Bergström who also wrote the script along with Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn.^[1] The film shows how relations become strained at Christmas Eve celebrations in a modern Swedish family.

Plot

The film is centering around Simon (Anastasios Soulis) and Oscar (Anton Lundqvist), a gay couple that is expecting a child along with their close friend Cissi (Rakel Wärmländer). The problem is that their respective families don't know about this pregnancy yet, and what better time to tell their families than Christmas Eve.^[2]

Roles

Maria Lundqvist – Monica
Robert Gustafsson – Ulf
Anastasios Soulis – Simon
Anton Lundqvist – Oscar
Rakel Wärmländer – Cissi
Michalis Koutsogiannakis – Millitiadis
Inga Landgré – Gunn-Britt
Helena Bergström – Carina
Kajsa Ernst – Annica
Peshang Rad – Rami
Gustav Levin – Håkan
Frida Beckman – Sofia
Neo Siambalis – Alex
Paulina Pizarro Swartling – Ebba
Rikard Wolff – julvärd
Kerstin Widgren – Lady in the Subway sandwich store

Remake

A Finnish remake of the film will be released in 2022 under the title Kulkuset kulkuset.^[3]

References

^ "Filmrecension: "En underbar jävla jul" av Helena Bergström". Dagens Nyheter. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ Staff. "Första bilderna från gaykomedin "En underbar jävla jul"". MovieZine. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ Ripaoja, Anttijussi (23 June 2022). "Christoffer Strandberg ja Martti Suosalo tähdittävät uutta joulukomediaa – katso ensimaistiainen elokuvasta!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 12 July 2022.