Margareta Pettersson
Biography: Margareta Pettersson is a Swedish actress who plays with Matt Damon in the feature film Downsizing, directed by Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne. Margareta plays the major supporting role of Solveig Edvardsen. She has scenes with Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Rolf Lassgård. Margareta has more than thirty years experience as an actress. She is known for always being very true in her roles, a strong presence on screen and she is also known as a comedienne. She has worked with director Ingmar Bergman in his feature films Fanny and Alexander and Face to Face. Bergman gave Margareta compliments for her natural and true presence on screen. She also worked with Lasse Hallström in his feature film Tuppen. In 2021 in Swedish Short Film Festival Margareta wins Audience Favorite for her own short film Tissel Tassel. She plays the shaman woman in the international TV-series Epic Warrior Women in 2019. Margareta Pettersson is producer, director, and screenwriter, and plays the main role in her own short film Mötet, which was nominated for Best Short Film in SM in Minute Film at Swedish Short film Festival 2019. She was nominated for Best Swedish Female Actor in Luleå International Film Festival in 2019 for her main role in the Short film Alma 2. She won Prize of Honour at the Movie Festival in Poland 2019. Her Short Film Alma Another Day. Meeting and Alma 1 was selected in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020. She plays the main role as Mother in the Swedish Short Film The Tyrant which won prize as Best Swedish Short Film in Luleå International Film Festival in 2020.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 06, 1955
Deathday: N/A
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Face to Face
1976-04-05
Face to Face
Overview: Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the country for a seminar and her daughter at camp, Jenny moves in with her grandparents, expecting a relaxing few months. But it isn't long before unpleasant memories of her childhood, the sudden appearance of strange apparitions, and a near-rape push this otherwise stable woman to the very edge of sanity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-04-05
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Dödspolare
1985-03-22
Dödspolare
Overview: A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1985-03-22
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Joker
1991-11-01
Joker
Overview: Nicke loves practical jokes. When his best friend Pelle is getting married, Nicke is hosting the bachelor party. It will start with the kidnapping of Pelle. Everything goes wrong when Pelle is kidnapped for real by a terrorist group.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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The Ketchup Effect
2004-01-30
The Ketchup Effect
Overview: A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-01-30
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I Am My Own
2014-04-24
I Am My Own
Overview: Crime-drama about a drifting drug dealer on the run in the Swedish countryside, who ends up with a baby on his hands.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-04-24
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The Rooster
1981-09-04
The Rooster
Overview: In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1981-09-04
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City of My Dreams
1976-10-29
City of My Dreams
Overview: Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he has ended up in search of employment. In the harsh city, he and his friends dream of the good life while struggling for their survival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Flicker
2012-09-20
Flicker
Overview: There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when they discover that there is something lurking in the outskirts of Backberga. An accident triggers a power failure, which leads to a chain of events,mishaps and love stories. Flicker is a warm comic story about people trying to find their place within the modern society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-20
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The Lake
1999-01-29
The Lake
Overview: A thriller set in a Swedish village. Lisa comes back from London to sell a house left to her by her father. He mysteriously disappeared in the forest in the winter and is presumed dead in an accident. Lisa suspects there is more to the story as her father was disliked in the village. The old hunting lodge by the lake hides a secret. When Lisa starts her search for the truth painful facts about her father, herself and the village will be revealed.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-01-29
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Time of the Wolf
1988-01-01
Time of the Wolf
Overview: The young nobleman Inge is riding through Sweden, looking for his twin brother, Arild. He meets a group of gypsies who welcome him. They met Arild earlier and believe that the brother is Arild. Inge falls in love with the mysterious girl Isis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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SOPOR
1981-03-21
SOPOR
Overview: One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1981-03-21
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Re:agera
Re:agera
Overview: Karl, an aspiring actor, only gets casting calls for roles he can't play - bad guys. His friend and drug-dealer Josef has an idea: Bring Karl to a drug deal to give him the experience he lacks. They pick up a run-down car with a drug-filled trunk and head towards the drop-off. On the way, Josef maneuvers his way out of a car breakdown and an arrest, but is powerless when it turns out the trunk has flown open and the drugs are gone. Using their criminal creativity, Josef and Karl dye painkillers blue to play them off as ecstasy. Karl is forced into the role of his life and pulls it off, until the drug-dealers call their bluff. Luckily, the cops are on their tail and a last-minute police intervention saves them. At the interrogation, Karl once again musters his survival-driven acting abilities, and acts his way out of it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
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Dreams of Las Vegas
2021-10-30
Dreams of Las Vegas
Overview: In post apocalyptic Sweden, Elin longs to escape her life as a stripper at a local club. When she meets the troubled musician Erland, who at first glance seems to be her ticket out of there, she has no idea that her life is about to turn into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-10-30
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I Am the Fire
2024-01-28
I Am the Fire
Overview: The time of change is on the threshold for fifty-three-year-old Kaj, who recently has started to question his authority as Sensei. After a workplace accident, Kaj is forced to find a way out of the past and a way into the present.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-01-28
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Djävulens Marionetter
2019-02-01
Djävulens Marionetter
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-02-01
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Blackout
2014-01-03
Blackout
Overview: Sanna (Nathalie Bloom) a rocker girl who is stuck in her old high school life with her boyfriend Micke (Lars Sandberg) who rather hangs out with his friend Latino (Robert Isberg) than spends time with her. Sanna works as a personal assistant to Lisbeth (Anna Almroth). Lisbeth's son Mårten (Michael Hamory) is a nerd who has a crush on Sanna. One day Mårten has an accident and everything changes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-01-03
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Downsizing
2017-12-22
Downsizing
Overview: A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-22
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The Serpent's Way
1986-12-25
The Serpent's Way
Overview: A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-12-25
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Something Must Break
2014-03-28
Something Must Break
Overview: A gritty story taking place in Stockholm, about the passionate love between the self-abusive Sebastian who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas who is certainly not gay.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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Near and Far Away
1976-11-08
Near and Far Away
Overview: Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-11-08
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King of Atlantis
2019-03-01
King of Atlantis
Overview: Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed world and leads Samuel to question the kind of man that he would like to be.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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The Gift
2006-01-27
The Gift
Overview: Richard is a tormented young man who has a long distance relationship with his girlfriend. One day he decides to surprise her with a visit. Unfortunately he can't afford the plane ticket. But he has a plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-01-27
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Peas & Whiskers
1986-02-07
Peas & Whiskers
Overview: Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-02-07
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Deadly Drift
1999-03-12
Deadly Drift
Overview: A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-03-12
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