PLAY
By Ruben Östlund

Format: Feature
Duration: 118 min
Release: 2011

An astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.












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Director:
Ruben Östlund

Producer:
Erik Hemmendorff

Script:
Ruben Östlund

Cinematographer:
Marius Dybwad Brandrud

Editors:
Ruben Östlund
Jacob Schulsinger

Cast:
Anas Abdirahman
Sebastian Blyckert
Kevin Vaz
Yannick Diakité
Sebastian Hegmar
Abdiaziz Hilowle
Nana Manu
John Ortiz

Co-producers:
Philippe Bober
Jessica Ask
Gunnar Carlsson
Peter Possne
Alexander Bohr

Distributor:
SF

Selections:
- Festival de Cannes 2011
Awarded with Séance "Coup de coeur"

- Guldbaggen 2015
Awarded with Best direction, Best photography, 

- Awarded with Nordiska rådets filmpris