Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
Film poster
Directed by	Jan Troell
Written by	Per Olov Enquist Jan Troell Göran Setterberg
Produced by	Göran Setterberg
Starring	Antti Reini Maria Heiskanen
Cinematography	Jan Troell
Release dates	15 November 1991 (1991-11-15) (Sweden) 6 December 1991 (1991-12-06) (Finland)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Sweden Finland Germany
Languages	Finnish Swedish

Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (Swedish: Il Capitano) is a 1991 Swedish-Finnish biographical drama film directed by Jan Troell about the 1988 Åmsele murders in which a family of three was murdered by Juha Valjakkala over a stolen bicycle.

Antti Reini stars as Valjakkala, renamed Jari in the film, and Maria Heiskanen as his girlfriend Marita Routalammi, renamed Minna. Being released so soon after the actual event, the film was very controversial and received highly-mixed reviews, with some critics praising it for the difficult choice of subject and others condemning it for the same reason.^[1]

Cast

• Antti Reini as Jari
• Maria Heiskanen as Minna
• Berto Marklund as Police
• Antti Vierikko as Jari age 13
• Harri Mallenius as Teacher
• Marjut Dahlström as Teacher
• Eva Stellby as Post-Mortem Dissector
• Matti Dahlberg as Father
• Christina Frambäck as Priest

Awards and nominations

• Amanda Awards
  • Best Foreign Feature Film (Troell, won)
• 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
  • Best Director (Troell, won)^[2]
  • Golden Bear (Troell, nominated)
• Chicago International Film Festival
  • Best Actress (Heiskanen, won)
• 27th Guldbagge Awards^[3]
  • Best Film (won)
  • Best Actor (Reini, nominated)
  • Best Cinematography (Troell, nominated)
  • Best Screenplay (Enquist, nominated)