The Ketchup Effect

A teenager's reputation is destroyed when she falls asleep drunk at a party and some boys take provocative photos of her.

Cast

Amanda Renberg

as Sofie

Björn Kjellman

as Krister

Ellen Fjæstad

as Amanda

Linn Persson

as Emma

Filip Berg

as Sebbe

Marcus Hasselborg

as Mouse

Carla Abrahamsen

as Beatrice

Manuel Bjelke

as Manuel

Margareta Pettersson

as Headmaster

Cattis Olsen

as School Welfare Officer

Reviews

Sierbahnn

Heartbreaking and topical This Swedish movie is about the hard ways kids treat one another. It is heartfelt, heartbreaking, and lovely to watch. The adults are suitably cringe-worthy and the youths are suitably stupidly naive and fumbling. The movie is well acted and well directed, and while it is ...

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