This is not exactly a social paradise. Rapacious corporations, prejudices against women and lesbians and gays, skateboarding teenagers, and rigid right-wing attitudes abound. And even though gay marriage was adopted in Sweden in May 2009, small-town prejudices survive, as this couple finds when they relocate for Sven's first job as the local doctor.
"Patrik Age 1.5" concentrates on the couple, Goran and Sven, and the strains the relocation and botched adoption bring. The path to the end is not easy, and the resolution that does come feels earned, rather than forced. It's a worthy effort, and worth seeing.
Not rated. 103 minutes. Ella Lemhagen - Director / Writer (writer), Michael Druker - Writer (play), Tomas Michaelsson - Producer, Marek Septimus Wieser - Cinematographer, Fredrik Emilson -Composer, Lene Willumsen - Production Designer, Thomas Lagerman - Editor. In Swedish with English subtitles. Distributed in the U.S. by here! Films.
Principal actors: Gastaf Skarsgard, Torkel Petersson, Tom Ljungman, Annika Hallin, Jacob Erickson, Anette Sevreus.