Joel Spira

Joel Spira

Perfil

Joel Spira

Películas

Shame on Dry Land
An anxious former fraudster comes ashore at Malta only to find big trouble among a hedonistic community of Swedish expats.
Locals
An episodic relationship comedy written in rhyming verse.
La isla de Bergman
Jonas
Gira en torno a una pareja de cineastas estadounidenses que se retiran a la isla durante el verano para escribir guiones para sus próximas películas en un peregrinaje al lugar que inspiró a Bergman. A medida que el verano y sus guiones avanzan, las líneas entre la realidad y la ficción comienza a desenfocarse en el contexto del paisaje salvaje de la isla.
The Hearing
Mannen
At the police station, a woman accuses her husband of sexually exploiting children. The frustration and outrage increases when she is not taken seriously. The condensed and emotionally charged atmosphere is evident in an intense and poignant film, where her testimony is pitted against her husbands.
Orca
Ossian
Once personas, aisladas del mundo exterior, se comunican a través de pantallas. Un hijo quiere tomar la mano de su madre sufriente. El amor crece. Una madre ha abandonado a su familia. Un terapeuta se encuentra al borde de la ruina. Una hija se conecta con sus padres.
Come Clean
Mattias
Mattias is trying to apologise to Anneli for something that he did when they were young.
Tiempos de Oscuridad
Dinamarca, 9 de abril de 1940. Un industrial danés coopera y se beneficia de la ocupación alemana de Dinamarca. Mientras que su familia se encuentra en lados opuestos del conflicto.
El Joven Vikingo
Alarik
Halvdan is not a proper Viking. He's having a limp and is regarded by the other kids as a strange loner with no friends, except for the village blacksmith Björn who's taken care of him since Halvdan's father left on a plundering trip. Across the mighty river there's an enemy village that has been in a feud with Halvdan's tribe for as long as anyone can remember. One day during Halvdan's lonely excursions to the river he encounters Meia, the daughter of the enemy village ruler. A heart-warming and funny family adventure about bridging differences and forbidden friendship unfolds
Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
Paul Beijer
The murder of a restaurant owner who is gunned down in front of a diner full of customers has unexpected repercussions for Alex, whose brother, Paul, represented two men expected of involvement in the killing. Meanwhile, Steinar, amidst tension with Alex and the breakdown of his marriage, accepts the offer of a transfer from Klas.
Innan vintern kommer
Soldier
A family on a small farm tries to live as usual even though there is a violent coup in the country. The threat is constantly present.
Small Town Killers
Malte
En Jutlandia, dos artesanos y amigos, Ib y Edward, están hartos de sus anodinos matrimonios, y sueñan con una vida en solitario en la que poder gastar el dinero negro que tienen ahorrado. Pero los divorcios son caros. Un día, estando borrachos, contratan a un asesino ruso para que acabe con sus esposas; sin embargo, los dos amigos han subestimado a sus esposas, y de pronto son sus cabezas las que tienen una recompensa.
Under the Pyramid
Yosi
Young art gallerist Katarina's dad suddenly goes missing. It turns out that her dad, a prominent art dealer, is kidnapped in Egypt by his former smuggle partner, who has been released due to the Arab spring. To save her father, Katarina has to find the hidden statue that the kidnapper demands as ransom.
Satisfaction 1720
André Sicre
Set in the year 1720, the story is about what happens to 29-year-old Tordenskiold when the Great Northern War ends and he doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life. His trusted valet persuades him to go on a European ‘road trip’ to search for a bride.
In Darkness
Jonas
A closed psychiatric ward somewhere in Denmark. The doors are locked, the windows impossible to break. Alex is running down the corridor, towards the light, but precisely as she is about to reach freedom, she is swept away. Dragged away. Strapped down. Medicated. But to Alex surrender is not an option. In Darkness is a story about a woman's raging struggle against a system in the process of destroying her.
Audition
Experienced male actors are called to an audition. During the screen test, they realise that the female director is looking for something they are unwilling to expose. A humorous and masterful depiction of power structures and male defense mechanisms.
Crimes of Passion Sueños peligrosos
Jon Hallman
Puck logra un trabajo como secretaria para el excéntrico Andreas Hallman, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura. Hallman es encantador, pero también un neurótico que obliga a su familia a vivir en reclusión. El ambiente en el hogar es asfixiante y una noche su hijo mayor muere. La mala salud del chico hace pensar en una muerte por causas naturales, pero poco después fallece el propio Hallman. No hay duda de que hay un asesino entre ellos. El inspector Wijk hace todo lo posible para que las piezas del rompecabezas encajen.
Stockholm Stories
Jessicas chef
El protagonista esencial de esta historia es un muchacho de Estocolmo que está obsesionado con la teoría de la luz y la oscuridad, que sirve para trazar una metáfora de cómo la gente puede reunirse o no. La trama lo sigue a él y a otros cuatro personajes igual de profundos que viven diversos conflictos de la gran ciudad sueca, un genio publicitario sin amigos, un adicto al trabajo, un tímido chico de clase alta con un amor secreto, y una mujer joven, todos vienen a darse cuenta de las duras verdades sobre el amor y la vida durante un par de semanas del otoñal noviembre.
Dinero fácil II
Nippe
Secuela de "Dinero fácil" (Snabba Cash, 2010).
Abrupt
Driver
A man is held hostage by a criminal in a car.
Life, Lust & Longing
Robert
Kristin visits her gynecologist for a check-up. With two failed IVF attempts behind her, she longs for a child more than ever. Life, Lust & Longing tells Kristins story through a series of flashbacks. Starting at the age of 4, we follow her life through various stages right up to the present day.
Hinsehäxan
Klotis
About Lillemor Östlin in the 60s and 70s. Her downfall from the glamorous Stockholm nightlife to drug addiction, crime and prostitution.
People with No Significance
Magnus
In a media world where hungry people are anguished over the demand to "be somebody", Magnus is nobody.
Dinero fácil
Nippe
Los bajos fondos de Estocolmo son un sumidero al que han ido a parar todos los desechos de la sociedad sueca. Todos quieren defender su territorio y lucrarse a cualquier precio. La enigmática desaparición de una mujer, será el nexo de unión de tres criminales con un objetivo común: vengarse del gran capo Radovan. Jorge, JW y Mrado forman parte de la fisonomía de los bajos fondos de Estocolmo. Jorge está entre rejas, aunque en poco tiempo se fuga para cargarse al chivato que lo enchironó. Mrado se ve incapaz de compatibilizar su papel de matón yugoslavo con el de padre que lucha por la custodia de su hijita. Y JW conduce un taxi mientras intenta aparentar ser de una clase social a la que no pertenece.
Travemünde Trelleborg
David
David is a drummer supported by unemployment benefit, disappointed that life didn't turn out the way he planned. Now he's on the night ferry from Germany with three thousand ecstasy tablets taped onto his torso. The plan is to sell the pills in Sweden in order to get enough money to start all over somewhere else. But when David meets his first love Sara in the all you can eat buffet, he starts to question the course his life is taking.