Solsidan

Solsidan (lit. "The Sunny Side") is a 2017 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Felix and Måns Herngren, based on the Solsidan TV-series. Primarily set in Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, the film follows the same general cast as the Solsidan TV-series: Alexander and Anna Löfström, who has recently divorced, their friends Ove and Annette Sundberg, who searches for a sperm donor after finding out that Ove is sterile, and the Schiller family, consisting of Fredrik "Fredde", Mikaela "Mickan", their son Victor, and their daughter Ebba, who travels to Torekov, Skåne, to visit Fredde's estranged father, Mauritz. Solsidan had a generally positive response from critics and was named the funniest Swedish movie of 2017 by Aftonbladet. The film won the award for Best Makeup at the 53rd Guldbagge Awards, in addition to the Commerzbank Audience Award at the 2017 Filmfest Hamburg. Plot On Christmas Eve, dentist Alexander "Alex" Löfström (Felix Herngren) and Anna Löfström (Mia Skäringer) announces to their friends Fredrik "Fredde" Schiller (Johan Rheborg) and Mikaela "Mickan" Schiller (Josephine Bornebusch) that they will divorce. Fredde and Mickan question their choice, eventually leading to Anna revealing that she has met someone else, causing Fredde to become enraged and leave. Several months later, Alex and Fredde are on a golf course where Fredde tries to convince Alex to not divorce, although Alex insists to divorce and that it was a mutual choice. The film cuts to Alex's childhood friend, Ove Sundberg (Henrik Dorsin), and his wife, Annette Sundberg (Malin Cederblad), who have been unsuccessfully trying to conceive another child and are visiting a hospital to find out why they can't get Annette pregnant. They meet doctor Matilda Beckman, who tells them that Ove has become sterile. Meanwhile, Fredde and Mickan are out grocery shopping when they run into Anna. Trying to avoid an awkward conversation, Mickan invites Anna and her new boyfriend to dinner on the nearest Friday, which Anna accepts.