EXCLUSIVE: Viaplay has lightened the tone of its originals slate with the greenlight of R.S.V.P., a Swedish romcom that includes The Emigrants star Lisa Carlehed as lead.
Airing later this yr and primarily based on award-winning Danish function Lengthy Story Brief, the NENT streamer’s newest spans 4 years and is structured round 9 chapters, every of which focuses on a distinct vacation celebration. On the middle of the narrative is Klara (Carlehed), a 37-year-old single nurse whose perpetual seek for love is more and more inflicting her to query whether or not it even exists.
Miso Movie, who final week revealed it had signed former DR Head of Drama Christian Rank, is producing, award-winning Jordskott actor Moa Gammel is directing and Ella Lemhagen is writing.
Alongside Carlehed, who was just lately nominated for Finest Actress at Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, the movie options Oscar Töringe (Skinny Blue Line), Christian Hillborg (Younger Royals), Liv Mjönes (The Vacation), Johannes Bah Kuhnke (Love & Anarchy), Felice Jankell (Snabba Money), Madeleine Martin (Lea), Anna Granath (Anxious Individuals), Kristofer Kamiyasu (Hitman’s Spouse’s Bodyguard) and Line Verndal (Ragnarok).
“Vacation celebrations imply various things for all of us – however they all the time imply one thing,” mentioned Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content material Officer. “Viaplay’s newest movie mission is a heat and considerate story that provides a contemporary view on this common human expertise.”
The present represents one thing of a shift in tone from the typical Viaplay authentic, which tends to be extra within the mould of Scandi Noir. It’s much like HBO Max Scandi sequence Lust, which tells of the intercourse lives of a gaggle of Swedish over-40s.
Viaplay is concentrating on 70 worldwide authentic launches this yr and is launching in key territories.
