A comedy-drama about a grumpy elderly man named Ove. A grouch and a stickler for rules, Ove lives in an ordinary Swedish neighborhood. For him, the most important thing in life is order in everything. He is “good with his hands” and keeps perfect order at home, in his garage and in his neighborhood. And this man is looking for ways to end his life. Ove’s dearly beloved wife has died, and he has been “asked” to retire. There is no reason to go on living.
Suddenly a young Swedish-Iranian family becomes his neighbors, and they won’t let him die. They stir the old grouch up with their requests for help. Since childhood Ove has learned that in life you can rely only on yourself and must know how to do everything, both around the house and in your profession. He despises helplessness and weakness.
Helping his neighbors and friends, solving the problems of the young family and of a gay boy, he is drawn into a whirlwind of everyday cares. The world still needs him. And Ove’s life gains a new meaning.
With his intolerance and his favorite word, “idiot,” he is very reminiscent of the old men who live next door to us. But as soon as Ove begins to talk about his life, about love and loss, about happiness and unfulfilled hopes, we see before us a vulnerable, noble man with a big heart.
Running through the whole film is the love story of Ove and Sonja — the kind of love that neither time nor age has power over.
A deep, touching, good film about life and love, about an ordinary man who makes the world kinder and purer by helping each and every one.
Watch and enjoy!
With love, Tatiana.
