The Hypnotist (2012 film)

2012 film

The Hypnotist

Film poster

Directed by| Lasse Hallström
Screenplay by| Paolo Vacirca
Based on| Hypnotisören
by Lars Kepler
Produced by| Börje Hansson
Peter Possne
Bertil Olsson
Starring| Tobias Zilliacus
Mikael Persbrandt
Lena Olin
Cinematography| Mattias Montero
Edited by| Sebastian Amundsen
Thomas Täng

Release date

* 28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)

Running time

| 122 minutes
Country| Sweden
Language| Swedish

The Hypnotist (Swedish: Hypnotisören) is a 2012 Swedish crime thriller film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Lars Kepler. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[1]

## Plot[edit]

To apprehend a killer who has executed a whole family except for sole survivor Josef, Detective Joona seeks help from Dr. Erik, a specialist in acute trauma and hypnotism, to obtain case details from Josef, who is comatose. Erik is an insomniac, who takes heavy sleeping pills and has marital troubles. Although he is suspended from practice, he tries to help but pulls back after seeing discomfort in Josef. Later Erik's son Benjamin is kidnapped by someone who drugged both his wife and son, leaving threatening notes behind for Erik to stop hypnotizing. In search of his son, Erik hypnotizes Josef and discovers that he was the killer and acted under the influence and instructions of his birth mother. By way of hypnotizing his wife, Erik then figures out that Josef's mother is Lydia, a nurse who looked after him at the hospital. Joona learns she is mentally unstable and that she is Benjamin's kidnapper, and later uncovers the location of the house where she is staying with Benjamin. They go there to retrieve him and arrest Lydia. Lydia, who thinks Benjamin is her son Josef and the policemen have come to take away her child, fires her weapon and tries to escape with Benjamin in her school bus. In panic she drives her van onto thin ice over a frozen lake. Joona manages to save Benjamin, but Lydia drowns. On Christmas Day, Erik and his family eat out happily and Joona visits his female partner at home.

## Cast[edit]

* Tobias Zilliacus as Joona Linna
* Mikael Persbrandt as Erik Maria Bark
* Lena Olin as Simone Bark
* Helena af Sandeberg as Daniella
* Jonatan Bökman as Josef
* Oscar Pettersson as Benjamin
* Eva Melander as Magdalena
* Anna Azcarate as Lydia
* Johan Hallström as Erland
* Göran Thorell as Stensund

## See also[edit]

* List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Lasse Hallstrom's 'The Hypnotist' is Sweden's Oscar Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

## External links[edit]

* The Hypnotist at IMDb
* The Hypnotist at the Swedish Film Institute Database
* The Hypnotist at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Lasse Hallström

* A Guy and a Gal (1975)
* ABBA: The Movie (1977)
* Father to Be (1979)
* Tuppen (1981)
* Happy We (1983)
* My Life as a Dog (1985)
* The Children of Noisy Village (1986)
* More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
* Once Around (1991)
* What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
* Something to Talk About (1995)
* The Cider House Rules (1999)
* Chocolat (2000)
* The Shipping News (2001)
* An Unfinished Life (2005)
* Casanova (2005)
* The Hoax (2006)
* Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
* Dear John (2010)
* Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
* The Hypnotist (2012)
* Safe Haven (2013)
* The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
* A Dog's Purpose (2017)
* The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
* Hilma (2022)

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Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1956–1975|

* The Staffan Stolle Story (1956)
* The Seventh Seal (1957)
* The Magician (1958)
* No Award (1959)
* The Virgin Spring (1960)
* Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
* The Mistress (1962)
* The Silence (1963)
* Raven's End (1964)
* Dear John (1965)
* Persona (1966)
* Here Is Your Life (1967)
* Shame (1968)
* Ådalen 31 (1969)
* A Swedish Love Story (1970)
* The Emigrants (1971)
* The New Land (1972)
* No Award (1973)
* No Award (1974)
* No Award (1975)

1976–2000|

* City of My Dreams (1976)
* The Man on the Roof (1977)
* No Award (1978)
* A Respectable Life (1979)
* Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980)
* Children's Island (1981)
* Flight of the Eagle (1982)
* Fanny and Alexander (1983)
* Åke and His World (1984)
* Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985)
* The Sacrifice (1986)
* Hip hip hurra! (1987)
* No Award (1988)
* The Women on the Roof (1989)
* Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
* The Ox (1991)
* House of Angels (1992)
* The Slingshot (1993)
* The Last Dance (1994)
* All Things Fair (1995)
* Jerusalem (1996)
* Tic Tac (1997)
* Show Me Love (1998)
* Under the Sun (1999)
* Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present|

* Jalla! Jalla! (2001)
* Lilya 4-ever (2002)
* Evil (2003)
* As It Is in Heaven (2004)
* Zozo (2005)
* Falkenberg Farewell (2006)
* You, the Living (2007)
* Everlasting Moments (2008)
* Involuntary (2009)
* Simple Simon (2010)
* Beyond (2011)
* The Hypnotist (2012)
* Eat Sleep Die (2013)
* Force Majeure (2014)
* A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015)
* A Man Called Ove (2016)
* The Square (2017)
* Border (2018)
* And Then We Danced (2019)
* Charter (2020)
* Tigers (2021)
* Boy from Heaven (2022)
* Opponent (2023)

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