Swedish books inspire actor to produce
$4-million movie
HA NOI (VNS) -
Vietnamese firm TNA Entertainments is producing a new movie adapted from the
Swedish best-seller novels, Jag ar wanted (I'm Wanted) and Jag ar Daniel (I'm
Daniel).
The US$4-million
movie entitled I'm Wanted, a joint production by TNA Entertainments, the
Sweden Film Institute and Canada Telefilm, will be the most expensive film to
be made in Viet Nam.
The cost of the
movie will be about $20 million if it is produced in other countries, said
Truong Ngoc Anh, from TNA Entertainments at the project's launch ceremony
held in Ha Noi on Tuesday.
Most of the
scenes of the movie will be shot in Viet Nam, with the rest being filmed in
Sweden.
The project was initiated by producer and actor Kim Ly after he read the
two Swedish novels. He was deeply impressed by the real-life story of Daniel
Luthman who was adopted as a child from Viet Nam. Due to certain
circumstances, Luthman became a gangster in Stockholm's underworld.
Celebrated film
personalities such as Swedish director Beata Gardeler, Hollywood producer Niv
Fichman and Canadian script writer James Schultz are involved in the project.
Director Gardeler
is well known for her film In Your Veins. This year, her short film Solitude
won the Novella Film Award at the Goteburg Film Festival for the Nordic
countries. Her series 30 Degrees in February was nominated for the Emmy
Awards also.
During his
35-year-long career, Niv Fichman has produced about 200 movies, including the
Academy Award-winning The Red Violin, Clean which was nominated for awards at
the Cannes festival, and his latest film Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Writer Schultz
spent time with Daniel Luthman to write the script based on facts.
This is the
second film of artists Truong Ngoc Anh and Kim Ly after their blockbuster
Huong Ga (Rise) which hit screens nation-wide early this month. – VNS
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Thứ Năm, 27 tháng 11, 2014
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