Cornelis (film)

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Cornelis
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Directed by Amir Chamdin
Written byAntonia Pyk
Produced byMartina Stöhr
Starring
CinematographyCrille Forsberg
Edited byGregers Dohn
Music by Jack Vreeswijk
Production
company
Chamdin & Stöhr Film
Distributed by Svensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 12 November 2010 (2010-11-12)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesSwedish
Dutch

Cornelis is a 2010 Swedish biographical drama film directed by Amir Chamdin, about the life of the musician Cornelis Vreeswijk. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Cornelis' son Jack Vreeswijk.

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Vreeswijk is portrayed by Hans Erik Dyvik Husby, also known as Hank Von Helvete, former lead singer in the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro . The film centres on Vreeswijk's refuge to Sweden when he was a child and his radical political views, alcoholism and taste for women in his adulthood. The film's premiere in Sweden was 12 November 2010. [1] David Dencik was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for his portrayal of the folk musician Fred Åkerström. [2]

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Reception

The film was generally well received. Svenska Dagbladet stated that the film was made with a "tremendous attention to detail" and that the actors "significantly portrayed" their characters. [3] Aftonbladet stated that Chamdin is "a poetic film narrator who delivers a touching picture of an unusual man", but that the film "tries to show too much, a whole life, at the same time as it shows too little". [4]

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