Beneath the Surface (1997)
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61% of users liked it
(443 ratings)
In this fact-based Swedish movie, 23-year-old Stockholm junkie Sandra (Johanna Sallstrom) nearly dies from an overdose and checks into a rehab home, unaware that her drug pusher roommate Roffe (Mikael Persbrandt) is plying drugs on her 18-year-old sister Jannika (Tove Appelqvist) and forcing her… More In this fact-based Swedish movie, 23-year-old Stockholm junkie Sandra (Johanna Sallstrom) nearly dies from an overdose and checks into a rehab home, unaware that her drug pusher roommate Roffe (Mikael Persbrandt) is plying drugs on her 18-year-old sister Jannika (Tove Appelqvist) and forcing her into prostitution. Sandra soon leaves rehab in order to save sis -- while flashbacks reveal the childhood influences they experienced with their now-divorced upper-class father and alcoholic mother. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Daniel Fridell
- Written By
- Daniel Fridell, Jimmy Karlsson
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 18, 2000 Limited
- Studio
- Phaedra
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James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
Short-lived sci-fi TV series that got great reviews.
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Cast
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Johanna Sallstrom
as Sandra
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Tove Appelqvist
as Jannika
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Mikael Persbrandt
as Roffe
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Lennart Jahkel
as Father
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Elisabeth Von Gerber
as Mother
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Jens Hulthin
as Lasse
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Roxane von Gerber
as Sandra as a Child
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Jenny Johansson
as Jannika as a Child
