Charter (film)

Charter
Charter
	Film poster
Directed by	Amanda Kernell
Starring	Ane Dahl Torp
Release dates	26 January 2020(Sundance); 13 March 2020(Sweden);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Last updated August 17, 2025

Charter is a 2020 Swedish drama film directed by Amanda Kernell. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,^[1] but it did not make the shortlist.

Plot

While awaiting on the final custody verdict following her divorce, a mother abducts her two children, taking them to Tenerife.^[2]

Cast

Ane Dahl Torp as Alice
Sverrir Gudnason as Mattias
Troy Lundkvist as Vincent
Tintin Poggats Sarri as Elina
Johan Bäckström as Simon
Eva Melander as Margit
Gabriel Guevara as Manuel

Reception

Critical response

Charter has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews, and an average rating of 8.7/10. ^[3]

References

↑ Keslassy, Elsa (3 November 2020). "Sweden Submits Sundance Title 'Charter' as International Feature Film Entry for Oscars". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
↑ "Amanda Kernell on Charter and women who make radical choices". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
↑ "Charter". Rotten Tomatoes .

External links

Charter at IMDb

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[Sweden-1] Keslassy, Elsa (3 November 2020). "Sweden Submits Sundance Title 'Charter' as International Feature Film Entry for Oscars". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[2] "Amanda Kernell on Charter and women who make radical choices". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[3] "Charter". Rotten Tomatoes .

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v t e Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) No Award (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) No Award (1973) No Award (1974) No Award (1975)
1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) No Award (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) No Award (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) A Man Called Ove (2016) The Square (2017) Border (2018) And Then We Danced (2019) Charter (2020) Tigers (2021) Boy from Heaven (2022) Opponent (2023) The Last Journey (2024)