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King of Ping Pong
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Synopsis
A portly 16-year-old finds his reigning position as the local Ping-Pong champion unexpectedly compromised when a series of long buried family secrets set him on an emotional collision course with his feisty younger brother. His home life may be fractured by divorce and his love life decidedly non-existent, yet moody teen Rille still does his best to endure with grace and dignity. Rille's mother is currently dating a middle-aged nerd, and the rare times that the boy is able to speak with his father -- a professional diver -- the old man is usually drunk. Though finding a sense of purpose through either his family or his studies has thus far proven a futile effort, Rille is at least able to take solace in the fact that he is the most accomplished Ping-Pong player in town. The founder of a community-based ping pong program for kids, Rille is admired by the young players and presides over his subjects with the zeal of jovial royalty. The delicate balance of Rille's life is suddenly thrown for a loop, however, when family secrets surface and immediately threaten to send the lives of both himself and his younger sibling Eric into an irreversible tailspin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Askild Vik Edvardsen Cinematographer
Martin Willert Composer (Music Score)
Jens Jonsson Director
Kristofer Nordin Editor
Anna Croneman Executive Producer
Gunnar Carlsson Executive Producer
Kim Magnusson Executive Producer
Per-Erik Svensson Executive Producer
Jan Blomgren Producer
Josefin Asberg Production Designer
Hans Gunnarsson Screenwriter
Jens Jonsson Screenwriter
Year: 2008
Runtime: 107
Country: Sweden
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Bob Film Sweden
Filmpool Nord

Awards
2008 - Grand Jury Award for World Cinema Dramatic Feature - Sundance Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Rotterdam International Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Seattle International Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Edinburgh International Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Montréal World Film Festival