my feeling toward swedish film can not be call warm . most of the movie produce in sweden be crap . 90 % of the available movie be make by the same people and feature the same actor and boring and completely without merit when it come to originality and style . that why it make me so happy when and once in a long while and i get to see a movie like this one . a movie that give me hope for the future . kim nowak badade aldrig i genesarets sjö be base on the novel from håkan nesser with the same title . a quite odd book from mr. nesser who usually write more or less standard crime drama . here though it more a recollection from his youth and a sunny tale from an idyllic 1960 summer that turn dark before the story end . there be much to separate this from the mainstream swedish movie production . first of all the production value be great . the photography be excellent and the music be equally good and the location be wonderful and the visual style be consistent and think through . the directing be also do with a steady hand from director martin asphaug . what i appreciate most though be the acting and from both child actor and adult . most of the adult actor be recognizable from tv series and movie but they be not what you would call swedish a list perhaps . which be hugely liberate to say the least since i have see that a list in what feel like a hundred disappointing movie already . the most famous actor here be probably jonas karlsson who and a usual and be excellent . when the movie end i sit back in the theater and think why can not more swedish movie be like this one . it be probably not that expensive and the actor be not the most famous ( although they be good ) and still it work good than most swedish film together . there be a feeling here for what work and both visually and story wise . it seem to me that the scriptwriter and the director both know what they want out of this movie and manage to relay that to the actor . it not about huge budget and which be what swedish film maker often complain about not have . rather it about solid film making and an eye for what work and what people appreciate . this be not spectacular film making and but it solid and entertaining . and in most case that enough . i rate it positive .