Balls (film)

Balls
Balls
Directed by	Josef Fares
Written by	Josef Fares ; Torkel Petersson
Produced by	Anna Anthony
Starring	Jan Fares; Torkel Petersson; Hamadi Khemiri; Nina Zanjani; Juan Rodriguez; Anita Wall; Jessica Forsberg;
Cinematography	Linus Eklund
Distributed by	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	12 February 2010 (Sweden);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Balls (Swedish: Farsan, lit. 'The dad') is a 2010 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares and starring Jan Fares, Torkel Petersson, Hamadi Khemiri, Nina Zanjani, Juan Rodriguez, Anita Wall, and Jessica Forsberg.

Cast

Jan Fares as Aziz (farsan)
Torkel Petersson as Jörgen
Hamadi Khemiri as Sami
Nina Zanjani as Amanda
Juan Rodriguez as Juan
Anita Wall as Edith
Jessica Forsberg as Lotta

Reception

In Sweden, the film got mixed reviews. In Aftonbladet the film was given a 3 out of 5 rating and was described as "not the best or funniest of Josef Fares's movies - but it is a warm and loving comical hommage to quirky fathers in general".^[1] In Expressen, the review was slightly less favorable (2 out of 5) and Fares was described as playing with safe cards in his somewhat artificial characters.^[2] In other big newspapers the reviews were similar: 3 out of 5 in Dagens Nyheter^[3] and 2 out of 6 in Svenska Dagbladet.^[4]

References

^ Fjellborg, Karolina (9 February 2010). "Galna & kloka farsan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
^ Sigander, Miranda (9 February 2010). "Farsan". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
^ Croneman, Johan (12 February 2010). "Farsan". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
^ Janson, Malena (11 February 2010). "Farsan gör ingen glad". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.