A MAN CALLED OVE Arrives on DVD/BD on December 27

Sweden’s official entry for the best foreign language film at the 89th Academy Awards, A  MAN CALLED OVE arrives on DVD, Blu-ray on December 27, 2016 (preorder November 22, 2016) by Music Box Films Home     Entertainment. Based on the international best-selling novel by Fredrik Backman, A MAN CALLED OVE is the film adaptation written and directed by Hannes Holm, which tells the story of an ill-tempered, easily-provoked old man whose world is shaken in ways he never would have imagined.
A MAN CALLED OVE (official trailer below) is one of Sweden’s most successful domestic films of all time and will be one of top grossing foreign language art house releases in the US this year with over 200 engagements in all major markets and a projected box office of nearly $2 million. A MAN CALLED OVE is also one of the best reviewed films of the year with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92%.

With his irresistible adaptation and sterling direction, filmmaker Holm finds the beating heart of his source material, while Swedish star Rolf Lassgård, whose performance won him the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival, affectingly embodies the lovable curmudgeon Ove.


“I thought, ‘This is so good,’ because this tory has both elements of comic relief and sadness in it,” recalls writer/director Holm of his reaction after reading Fredrik Backman’s A MAN CALLED OVE. “I called [producer] Annica Bellander and said, ‘Ok, I really want to do this,’ and then I met Frederick Backman, who I heard was very Ove-like — and he was a bit grumpy, but he said, ‘Hannes, I don’t know anything about filmmaking. So please, write the story.’ So I can say that films can change people, but in a way, this film has changed me.”

Outfitted with a selection of cast and crew interviews along with additional bonus features, the Blu-ray and DVD will carry the suggested retail prices of $34.95 and
$29.95, respectively.

Bonus Features*

*Subject to change
· Interviews with Hannes Holm, Rolf Lassgard and Bahar Pars
· Filmmaker and Cast Q&A in New York
· Make-up Effects Gallery and Time Lapse
· Theatrical trailer

A MAN CALLED OVE

DVD, BLU-RAY RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2016
PRE-ORDER DATE: November 22, 2016
SLP: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $34.95
Director/Screenwriter: Hannes Holm
Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Bahar Pars,
Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergard, Chatarina Larsson, Borje Lundberg
Running Time: 116 minutes 
Format: 2.35:1 widescreen
Sound Format: Dolby 5.1
Rating: PG-13
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish with English subtitles