Youth center and inside, the youth center is even worse, dingy andĬluttered. She lets herself into the graffiti-covered “It feels like half my life has revolved around football,” Britt-Marie cryptically replies.īorg, it is late at night. “Any experience in football?” the job counselor asks. Oh yeah, she also has to serve as their soccer coach too. There are very few open to a woman of her age, but one is temp work in a remote town named Borg, as a youth counselor. The next day, she goes to the local employment agency, to look for a job. With no drama, practical Britt-Marie marches straight home, packs a bag and moves out. Well for them for 40 years, until she discovers her husband is having She thinks she and Kent have a system that has worked He spends his time obsessively watching soccer (or football, as it isĬalled there).

Kent travels a lot in his job but when at home, With military precision, while her husband Kent (Peter Haber) tookĬare of making money. Products, the no-nonsense Britt-Marie has taken care of the house In voice-over, she tells us her sister Ingrid was alwaysĭreaming while Britt-Marie was always the practical one, with her Says everything about you, and takes pride in keeping hers neat and She lives by the motto that a clean house Pernilla August) is a 63-year-old housewife who likes everything While BRITT-MARIE also focuses on a flinty older person, this is more modest stuff than that epic tale. The success of A MAN CALLED OVE set a pretty high bar for this film.

BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE (Britt-Marie Var Har) is a Swedish drama/comedy based on Backman’s bestseller of the same name, about a 63-year-old woman who takes a job as a youth soccer coach in a little town, even though she knows nothing about the sport. When Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel A MAN CALLED OVE was turned into an international hit film, it seemed inevitable that another of the Swedish author’s bestsellers would adapted for the big screen.

Britt marie was here by fredrik backman