Sound of Noise
Directed by Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson Sweden/France/Denmark 2010
Swedish, 102 min
Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of crazy musicians decides to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra... Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation..
"A dry treat - a solid, self-aware cult pleasure." (New York Times)
"A delightful comic cocktail of modern city symphony, police procedural and love story." (Variety)
"Brilliantly conceptualized, faultlessly executed" (The Hollywood Reporter)
91% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes
DIRECTORS
Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
SCRIPTWRITERS
Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
PRODUCERS
Olivier Guerpillon, Guy Péchard
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Charlotta Tengroth FSF
MUSIC
Fred Avril, Magnus Börjeson & the Six Drummers
MAIN CAST
Bengt Braskered Nilsson, Sanna Persson, Magnus Börjesson, Anders Vestergård, Fredrik Myhr, Johannes Björk, Marcus Haraldson Boij, Sven Ahlström, Anders Jansson
PRODUCED BY
DFM FIktion (Olivier Guerpillon), Sweden
in co-production with BLISS (Guy Péchard, Christophe Audeguis, Jim Birmant), France and Nordisk Film Production A/S (Kim Magnusson), Denmark
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Film i Skåne, Film i Väst, Wild Bunch, Europa Sound, Nordisk Film Post, DFM, kostr-film
WITH SUPPORT FROM
Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Nordic Film & TV Fond, Creative Europe/MEDIA, Sveriges Television, Canal+
PREMIERE
Cannes 2010 (Critic's Week)
AWARDS
Rail d'Or (Cannes 2010), Young Critics Award (Cannes 2010,) Best Fantastic Film (Austin Fantastic Fest), Swedish film award Guldbagge for Best Creative Achievment,
as well as festival awards in Palm Springs, Molodist, Stockholm, Warsaw etc
SWEDISH DISTRIBUTION
Nordisk Film (theatrical release Dec. 25, 2010)
FRENCH DISTRIBUTION
Wild Bunch (theatrical release Dec. 29, 2010)
U.S. DISTRIBUTION
Magnolia Pictures (theatrical release Mar. 9, 2012)
WORLD SALES
Wild Bunch
Sold to over 70 territories
Listen to the soundtrack on Spotify
