Falkenberg Forever er en drama-komedieserie på SVT om den 30 årige Maria, som lever et bekymringsfrit liv i en lille svensk provinsby.
Maria har altid boet i Falkenberg. Faktisk er der ikke meget forandret i hendes liv de sidste mange år. Maria bor stadig med sin mor (spillet af Annika Andersson) og stedfar (Martin Høgsted), hun arbejder på sit gamle gymnasium og hænger med sine gamle venner. I seriens første afsnit, bliver Maria dog konfronteret med sine valg, da en gammel kæreste kommer tilbage til byen. Han har fået uddannelse, set verden, flyttet til Stockholm og nu sætter han spørgsmål ved hvorfor Maria ikke selv er kommet videre.
Falkenberg forever er en hyldest til provinsbyerne og en kærlig fortælling om dem, som blev. Bag serien står Johanna Runevad, Høgsteds kæreste, som både har skrevet og instrueret serien, samt spillet hovedrollen Maria.
Der har allerede været en flot modtagelse af Falkenberg Forever, blandt andet i den svenske Aftonbladet, som beskriver serien som “noget af det mest forfriskende vi har set længe” og samtidig kvitterede med fire ud af fem “plusser”.
Den nye serie havde premiere på svensk TV d. 30. marts og vises hver mandag kl. 22.00 på YouSee og online på SVT PLAY.
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Provincial life is humorously celebrated in a new TV series with Martin Høgsted
Falkenberg Forever is a new TV drama comedy series on the Swedish network, SVT.
The series revolves around Maria, a 30-year old woman, living a carefree life in the small town, Falkenberg. Maria has always lived here. Actually, not much has changed in her life during the past 10 years. She still lives with her mother (Annika Andersson) and stepdad (Martin Høgsted). She works as a substitute teacher at her old school and still hangs out with the same friends. However, in the first episode of the series, Maria is being confronted with her choices, as an old boyfriend comes back to town. He’s now educated, travelled and has recently moved to the big city. And upon his arrival, he starts to question why Maria hasn’t done the same.
Falkenberg Forever celebrates the small towns and those who stayed there. The creator of the series is Johanna Runevad. She has both written, directed and starred the series, playing the lead role of Maria. Actually, the production is somewhat of a family affair, with Runevads boyfriend, Martin Høgsted, being both a fellow actor and director.
The series has already been well received. In the Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, they called the series refreshing and a small gem, for people to watch. Aftonbladet gave the series four stars.
The series premiered on SVT 30th of march and can be viewed on the SVT PLAY website.
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