Jump to: navigation, search Den osynlige (The Invisible) is a 2002 Swedish film directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist, and based on Mats Wahl's book of the same name. The film follows Niklas, a young and quiet man who falls short of his mother's expectations, and then finds himself attacked by a neglected young girl Annelie (she too, is metaphorically invisible) and left for dead. The movie is not true to the novel and was condemned by the author. The films stars Gustaf Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny and Thomas Hedengran in the leads. An American remake was released on April 27, 2007 under the translated title The Invisible. Niklas (Gustaf Skarsgård) is a poet who wants to go to a school to develop his talents, while his mother wants him to follow in his family's footsteps and become something completely different from his dreams. He plans his escape and buys a ticket out of town to go to a special school in England, which he's been saving up for by writing papers for students in the school.
His best friend is getting picked on by the school bully, Annelie (Tuva Novotny), a rather violent young girl who is often neglected. She gets caught stealing and comes to believe that Niklas snitched on her. Her gang beats up Niklas' friend until he lies and says that it was Niklas that told everyone, thinking that Niklas has already gone to England. The gang tracks down Niklas and nearly beats him to death. The next morning Niklas walks out of the forest without a scratch on his body and seems a little unnerved. When he gets to school, everyone is ignoring him and he can't figure out why. He realizes that he is invisible after he throws a book at the wall, and the book stays in its original spot. He can touch and move things, but the second he looks back, the object is back in place. The twist occurs when a bird dies by flying into a window, and Niklas recognizes that he is still alive, but dying in the woods. Annelie finds out that it was actually her boyfriend who snitched on her because she didn't want to give him his part of the stolen things.
Niklas is left helpless as he watches his mother and the police hunt for his body. His friend commits suicide over the event and leaves a letter for his parents and the police, who eventually find Niklas' body, which by this stage is lifeless and on the very edge of death. The film ends with Annelie admitting to the crime, turning herself over to the police and turning off Niklas' life support so that both are free. Den osynlige at the Internet Movie Database Den osynlige at the Swedish Film Institute Database Den osynlige at AllMovie Also reviewed on my blog, Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing. I was not at all impressed with this book. This is one of the few times that I liked the movie better than the book. I saw the movie a few years ago when it came out, and they did change a lot of the story for it. But, what they changed made the story smoother, more interesting and more compelling. The story itself had a lot of potential. The book starts with Hilmer going to class.
It doesn't take him long to realize that no one see Yaz *The Reading Girl* /The Invisible is a sweden story translated into english. It is also a major motion picture which I have not seen yet. The Invisible is about a young boy named Hilmer Eriksson who lives on a small village in Sweden. One Monday morning in May, he walks into his highschool classroom and starts wondering why can nobody see him or hear him. He discovers that he has become invisble. He has no idea what is going on until he finds out t is currently reading it --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition. Grade 9 Up—A small town in Sweden becomes embroiled in a mystery when one of its own becomes a missing person. One day Hilmer Eriksson walks into his high school classroom and finds that he has become invisible. He is a quiet young man who likes chess and has a steady girlfriend. The teen wonders why no one can see him and begins to realize that something terrible has happened. Hilmer learns that he is missing, but is confused because he can see what is going on around him.