This Week's Movies and Series: Martina Haag Films Her Own Book

She plays the main role both in this weekend's major Swedish film premiere and when TV4's action favorite is back for the last episodes. Alexandra Rapaport is in the center among this week's movies and series.

» Published: August 27 2025 at 07:11

This Week's Movies and Series: Martina Haag Films Her Own Book
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FILM (premiere: 29 August in cinema, if not otherwise stated).

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Martina Haag directs the film which is based on her own novel with the same name and the sequel ”Life goes so fast and so slow”. Alexandra Rapaport plays Petra, who suddenly finds out that her husband Anders has met someone else. On a different timeline, the film portrays how teenage Petra (Ella Hammarsten Liedberg) experiences her parents' separation.

” (3/9).

A documentary about the popular Siw Malmkvist, who despite all her successes has always struggled with low self-esteem. Her own amateur films from the 60s and 70s are a goldmine for the directors Stina Gardell and Frida Neema Järnbet to explore.

” (28/8, Netflix).

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley play retirees who solve cold cases. Suddenly, they get a brand new murder connected to their luxurious retirement home to investigate. Based on Richard Osman's best-selling crime novels.

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A new version of the 80s film ”War of the roses”, where this time Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play the couple whose marriage falls apart when the man's career plummets. The divorce process becomes quite... violent.

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Austin Butler plays the lead role in Darren Aronofsky's thriller about a kind-hearted but accident-prone bartender who gets deeper and deeper into New York's underworld after trusting his punk neighbor (Matt Smith) a bit too much.

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”Mother Goose” (3/9, TV4).

The action series is coming to an end with the last five episodes. Will the matriarch Sonja (Alexandra Rapaport) manage to save what was once the Ek family?

” (1/9, Prime Video).

A new youth series with a lot of music and emotions from the creators of the Netflix success ”Outer Banks”. The Runarounds are a rock band formed by some teenagers who are willing to sacrifice everything to become stars.

” (28/8, SkyShowtime).

The old lawyer series ”Suits” became a viewer phenomenon last year when it was re-run on Netflix. Shortly after, this spin-off was launched, which takes place among lawyers in California.

” (28/8, Netflix).

In the end of the first season of the teenage series, city girl Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) flew home to New York from her admirers in the countryside of Colorado. But now she's back and the love triangle drama can continue.

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