Netflix has announced the new Per-Olav Sørensen series Midsummer Night, which features a cast of Norwegian And Swedish acting talent.
Created and directed by Per-Olav Sørensen (Home for Christmas, The Playlist, Quicksand), Midsummer Night (Midtsommernatt) is a warm, emotional, and funny story that explores themes that everyone can identify with or relate to — from relationships, marriage, love and betrayal, to hopes, dreams, jealousy, forgiveness, and secret parallel lives.
The cast includes Pernilla August (Young Royals, The Investigation), Dennis Storhøi (Troll, Home for Christmas), Amalia Holm (Delete Me, The Hunters), Sofia Tjelta (Delete Me, Rådebank), Linn Skåber (Best: Før, Good Night Darling), Kim Falck (The Architect, Troll), Christopher Wollter (Honour, Modus), Fanny Klefelt (Before We Die, Maria Wern), Peiman Azizpour (Furia), Maria Agwumaro (A Human Position), Eirik Hallert (Hvite gutter), Liv Osa (Mammon), and Kadir Talabani (A Star Is Born).
It’s midsummer, the longest day of the year. It’s a party. And it’s the day that Carina and Johannes, after 30 years of marriage, choose to tell their family and friends a big secret that has unforeseen consequences.
Said Per-Olav Sørensen, the series’ creator and director:
“It is wonderful to be able to immerse yourself in all the relationships that a large family can provide, and not the least in all the secrets we can carry, as well as all the parallel lives we are capable of living and hiding to people who are very close to us. At this midsummer party there is room for those large feelings, those big revelations and those deep conversations, when nothing goes as planned.”
In addition to creating and directing Midsummer Night, Per-Olav Sørensen also serves as the script writer, along with Sofie Forsman (Barracuda Queens, Young Royals), Tove Forsman (Barracuda Queens, Young Royals), and Anna Fredrikke Bjerke (Gemini).
The series, which will be shot in Oslo this summer, is produced by Magnus Ramsdalen and Janne Hjeltnes for The Global Ensemble Drama. The key creative team consists of Director of Photography Ulf Brantås, Production Designer Kristine Wilhelmsen, Costume Designer Oddfrid Ropstad, and Make-Up Designer Nina Elise Johansen.
Midsummer Night is expected to launch globally on Netflix in 2024. Stay tuned for updates.
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