The Girl Who Played with Fire

Fight Fire with Fire
Flickan som lekte med elden (2009)
Timing: 2:9 (129 min)

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$4 000 000
Box office
$62 377 293
Director
Scenario
Producer
Søren Stærmose, Gunnar Carlsson, Peter Nadermann, Mikael Wallen, Lone Korslund, Anni Faurbye Fernandez, Ole Søndberg
Camera operator
Peter Mokrosinski
Composer
Artist
Audition
Tusse Lande
Editing
Mattias Morheden
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Short description

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

What's left behind the scenes

  • At the time he was offered to play himself, Paolo Roberto didn't even know he was a character in the novel of the same name (2006).
  • Part of the film's plot revolves around two journalists who are not married to each other but live together. Dag Svensson and Mia Bergman (Johansson in the English versions of the novel) die as a result of their work. Blomkvist and others are concerned with ethical questions – what to do with their journalistic investigations, and whether to end them (and if so, how). This echoes the life and tragic death of Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), who lived with his partner Eva Gabrielsson without being married. Like Svensson/Johansson & Bergman, Larsson and Gabrielsson received threats. Larsson's 'Millennium' series remained unfinished due to disputes between the Larsson and Gabrielsson families, and arguments over the inheritance.
  • Part of the film's plot revolves around two journalists who are not married but live together. Dag Svensson and Mia Bergman (Johansson in the English versions of the novel) are killed because of their work. Bloomquist and others are troubled by ethical questions—what to do with their journalistic investigations, and whether these investigations should be completed (and if so, how). This mirrors the life and tragic death of Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), who lived with his partner Eva Gabrielsson without being married. Like Svensson/Johansson/Bergman, Larsson and Gabrielsson received threats. Larsson's 'Millennium' series remained unfinished due to quarrels between the Larsson family and Gabrielsson, as well as disputes over the inheritance.

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