Sebastian (1995)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Sebastian	Hampus Björk	½
Ulf	Nicolai Cleve Broch
Mamma	Ewa Fröling	-
Pappa	Helge Jordal
Lisbeth	Rebecka Hemse	-
Linda	Lena Olander	-

Review

This teen drama about a 17-year-old gay kid and his quest to find himself is a thematically interesting but narratively unremarkable film from Wam & Vennerød – incidentally their final collaboration. The combination of Swedish and Norwegian language comes off as affected, and large portions of the dialogue is clumsily written and delivered. And so despite the interesting thematic foundation, a rather engaging lead performance by Hampus Björk, and some delightful music and cinematography, the pure narrative elements of the picture are lagging at best and downright ineffective at worst. The problem is bad craftsmanship more than anything else. Helge Jordal, who was so forceful in Orions belte, is cringeworthy with his horrid Swedish/Norwegian accent in the part as Sebastian's father.