Netflix is reportedly taking up another thrilling entertainer, this time with actors Simon Lööf and Nora Rios joining the cast for this upcoming Swedish film. ‘An Honest Life’ will focus on Simon, who joins a Law school in Lund, Sweden with an optimistic soul, full of anticipation and excitement. Being ready for his life to really begin; he becomes quickly disappointed by law school. But love makes way for Simon to resume his happy journey when he falls for an anarchistic young woman Max during a violent protest march. As mystical as she seems, he is immediately dazzled with a world of excess, lies and huge risks. However, once he realizes the damage that’s done, it’s already too late to escape. Supposedly commencing its production on October this year, ‘An Honest Life’ will predictably be shot in Lund.
Simon Lööf is an emerging actor who has starred in movies, ‘So Long, Marianne’ and ‘Threesome’. Nora Rios is popular for her roles in ‘Dumpad’, ‘Caliphate’ and ‘Heartbeats’. The actors will be joined by Peter Andersson (‘Flickering Lights’, ‘Johan Falk: Leo Gaut’), Willy Ramnek Petri (‘Becoming Astrid’), Arvid von Heland (Blatten), Nathalie Merchant, Christoffer Rigeblad, Fabian Hedlund, Lucas Grimstedt and Alice Andersson for the movie.
Crew, Language and More
Mikael Marcimain, a renowned film and television artist, will be directing ‘An Honest Life’. Mikael Marcimain is popular for ‘Call Girl’ and ‘Wallander’. Mikael Marcimain has directed a romantic thriller in the past titled, ‘Gentlemen’ which premiered in 2014 and received generally positive reviews. The director’s known works are mostly of the thriller genre. If the rumors are indeed true, Linn Gottfridsson will be joining the crew as the writer for the feature film. Linn Gottfridsson is a talented screenwriter whose works include, ‘Glowing Stars’, ‘Comedy Queen’ and ‘Beartown’.
FLX will be leading the production for this upcoming Netflix thriller with Anna Anthony, Pontus Edgren, Joshua Mehr, Joakim Zander and Astri von Arbin Ahlander joining the production team. FLX is a Swedish based production company that is primarily known for their comedies. Their works include, ‘Comedy Queen’, ‘Bonus Family’, ‘Blinded’ and more.
‘An Honest Life’ is a thriller that is seemingly about love, betrayal, class differences and the fascination that people have with breaking laws. Altogether, the themes that this upcoming feature film will address is quite convincing. With an appealing cast and an efficient crew working to make this movie as entertaining as it sounds, ‘An Honest Life’ is expected to be a total banger.
