Netflix this year owes a lot to Josephine Bornebusch. The Swedish actress and filmmaker is behind two unexpected hits that are the type of triumphs that the streaming platform seeks with its less obvious bets.
It turns out that directed the final three episodes of My stuffed reindeer, the controversial miniseries Richard Gadd which has been one of the essential titles of the year, and now triumphs with his film Learn to let go. A Swedish production written, directed and starring Bornebusch, which premiered on November 1 and has not stopped climbing positions in the top of the most watched around the world.
Responsible for a highly awarded title of confinement cinema in the Scandinavian country, Killer whale (2020), Bornebusch has in Learn to let go a drama about a family with cohesion problems in which the mother, whom she plays herself, leads an important decision to recover the ties of affection: a road trip to supporting teenage daughter in a competition pole dancing
Does it remind you of Little Miss Sunshine (2006)? Actually, that’s where the similarities with that indie hit by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The tone of Learn to let go It is much drier and without the propensity for syrupy tenderness that that reference could have. Bornebusch’s script tends towards melodrama and emotional catharsis from anguish.
‘Learn to let go’, success on Netflix
Although he world top 10 most viewed on Netflix is crowned by the American film Cut in time, a youth thriller that mixes slasher murders with time travel, Learn to let go It has been number one for several days in many territories, including Spain, Argentina, Sweden and Norway.
According to FlixPatrol data measurements, the film has been gradually climbing positions in our country: it premiered in seventh place, rose to fifth, then second and has finally managed to climb to first position, unseating the hit Halloween on Netflix Spain , which was don’t move (as we tell you here) or the aforementioned Cut in time.
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