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Arne Goes to Space

2026 · 100 min

A gentle, quirky tale of rural life meeting the cosmos, full of warmth and low-key absurdity.

Directed by
Lars Vega
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Kiran Shah
Overview
Two small-town brothers are visited by an alien. Having crash-landed in the forests of Norrbotten, the visitor is named Roland. The brothers, Arne and Stefan, teach him everything important about life on Earth, including moonshine, hunting, and the mystery of love.

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Directed by
Lars Vega
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Kiran Shah
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Lars Vega
Written by
Theodor Österberg, Lars Vega
Starring
Rolf Lassgård, Lennart Jähkel, Kiran Shah, Jarmo Mäkinen, Margareta Pettersson
Cinematography
Christian Karlsen
Runtime
100 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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