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Kevlar Soul

  • Maria Eriksson-Hecht
  • 101 min
  • Sweden, Norway, Finland
  • 2025
  • Fiction
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Maria Eriksson-Hecht’s feature film debut is a harrowing and emotionally charged portrayal of two brothers in a world of adults who fail them.

Brothers Alex and Robin live in miserable conditions with their violent and severely alcoholic father (Torkel Petersson). In an effort to make life bearable, Alex tries to keep his father in a good mood while taking on a parental role for his younger brother, who is aggressive and unruly. When Alex falls for Ines and travels with her to Berlin, the brothers begin to drift apart, and disaster soon becomes inevitable. A finely drawn portrait of brotherhood where an older sibling is forced to step into the shoes of absent parents far too soon, in a genre that echoes the cinematic worlds of Andrea Arnold and the Dardenne brothers.


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Language
Swedish
Subtitles
English
Original title
Kevlarsjäl
  • Familj
  • Drama
  • Barndom
  • Omskakande
Director
Maria Eriksson-Hecht
Producers
Ronny Fritsche, Lizette Jonjic
Screenplay
Pelle Rådström
Cinematographer
Josua Enblom
Editors
Mervi Junkkonen, Robert Krantz
Music
Pessi Levanto
Cast
Josef Kersh, Rio Svensson, Adja Sise Stensson, Torkel Petersson, Jonay Pineda Skallak