Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
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Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (Swedish: Il Capitano) is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell about the 1988 Åmsele murders in which a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle.
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Directed by | Jan Troell |
Written by | Per Olov Enquist Jan Troell Göran Setterberg |
Produced by | Göran Setterberg |
Starring | Antti Reini Maria Heiskanen |
Cinematography | Jan Troell |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | Sweden Finland Germany |
Languages | Finnish Swedish |
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Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly-mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason.[1]