17/12/2003

The Swedish actress who gave a memorable performance in Liv Ullmann’s Faithless, Lena Endre, is busy making two films for Sonet Film and Film i Väst.

Filming is currently underway on Simon Staho’s Dag o Natt (“Day and Night”), written by Staho together with Peter Asmussen, who co-wrote Breaking The Waves with Lars von Trier. The impressive cast also includes some of Scandinavia’s biggest stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Nyqvist, Fares Fares, Pernilla August, Tuva Novotny, Maria Bonnevie and Hans Alfredson. This Danish/Swedish co-production between Zentropa Film, Sonet Film, Film I Väst and Hepp Film, will be ready in the autumn 2004.

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Lena Endre is also taking the leading role in Richard Hoberts’ Tre Solar (“Three Suns”), which is currently in post-production. The film is described by the director as a “road movie on horses or a love story set in the Middle Ages”. It also stars Kjell Bergkvist, Rolf Lassgård, Maria Bonnevie and Mikael Persbrandt. Tre Solar is produced by Sonet Film with Film I Väst and Richard Hobert’s Cimbria Film. It is due to be released on Swedish screens next February.