In Bed with Santa

1999 Swedish comedy film

  • 26 November 1999 (1999-11-26) (Sweden)
Running time
95 minutesCountriesSweden, Norway, FinlandLanguageSwedish

In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen, "Santa is the father to all the children") is a Swedish black comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 November 1999,[1] directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made in 2007 under the title Messy Christmas.[2] A French remake was made in 2014 under the title Divin Enfant[3][4] A Finnish remake was made in 2019 under the title Täydellinen joulu.

Plot

Sara invites her ex-husbands and their new families to celebrate Christmas with her and her husband Janne. Sara has always wanted to have a baby with Janne, and at the dinner table she reveals the news: she's pregnant. The only problem is that Janne had a vasectomy two years ago, without Sara knowing it. The secret starts to spread among the guests, and in no time everyone knows but Sara. The party heads for a complete disaster. Who's the real father?

Cast

  • Katarina Ewerlöf as Sara
  • Peter Haber as Jan
  • Jessica Zandén as Rita
  • Leif Andrée as Åke
  • Nina Gunke as Eva
  • Dan Ekborg as Gunnar
  • Lena B. Eriksson as Anne
  • Anders Ekborg as Thomas
  • Inga Ålenius as Signe
  • Carl Kjellgren as Erik
  • Helena af Sandeberg as Marika
  • Alexandra Dahlström as Jeanette
  • Stina Rautelin as Helena
  • Suzanne Reuter as Carina
  • Per Burell as Mats
  • Kajsa Ernst as Pauline
  • Lamine Dieng as the bus driver
  • Ester Sjögren as Elin
  • Tin Love Carlsson as Rickard
  • Lisa Ambjörn as Johanna
  • Sally Frejrud Carlsson as Liselotte
  • Viktor Schotte as Daniel
  • Molly Larsson as Patricia
  • Joel Cronström as Benny
  • Jill Johansson as Josefin
  • Neshwan Bakhet as Gustav

References

  1. ^ "Tomten är far till alla barnen" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 26 November 1999. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ^ Elley, Derek (28 November 2007). "Messy Christmas". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "DIVIN ENFANT Bande Annonce du Film". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Merry Christmess! (Divin enfant)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

External links

  • In Bed with Santa on Netflix Edit this at Wikidata
  • In Bed with Santa at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata