The Unthinkable (2018) on Netflix
NR20182h 9mActionRomanceSci-Fi
Alex leaves his village behind and becomes a musician in Stockholm. When explosions strike the city at Midsummer, he heads home, where Anna, his closest friend from childhood, now lives.
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Plot summary
In 2005 Alex is a boy in a Swedish village, living with his mother Klara and a father, Björn, who is cruel and unloving. Klara walks out on the household, Anna, the friend he is closest to, settles in Stockholm, and Alex ends up with his uncle. Ten years on he is a well-known musician in the capital. Explosions hit Stockholm over Midsummer and Klara is killed in one of them. Alex breaks with his manager and travels to his childhood village, meaning to buy the piano from the church where he and Anna once played. Anna has come back there too. On learning that she is married to Kim and has a daughter, Elin, he leaves in anger. As the attacks spread and the military is called up, he goes back to stand with Anna and her family.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Unthinkable (2018)
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- The Unthinkable takes its Swedish title from "Den blomstertid nu kommer", a traditional summertime hymn; a version of the hymn features in the film's soundtrack, and both hymn and film are tied to Midsummer.
