52 Films by Women Vol 10. 7. LIVE A LITTLE (Leva lite) (Director: Fanny Ovesen)
Pictured : B est friends Alex ( Aviva Wrede ) and Laura ( Embla Ingelman-Sundberg ) arrive in Warsaw at the start of Swedish writer-director Fanny Ovesen 's super-excellent feature debut, Leva Lite ( Live A Little ). Still courtesy of Breaking Glass Pictures / Scandinavian Film Distribution Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. This sentiment is attributed to boxer Mike Tyson but could equally apply to best friends Alex (Aviva Wrede) and Laura (Embla Ingelman-Sundberg), the young protagonists of Swedish writer-director Fanny Ovesen’s super-excellent feature debut, Leva Lite ( Live A Little ) . For two years, they have planned an interrail trip across Europe, stopping at the capital cities Warsaw, Prague, Berlin and Paris; you could call their trip ‘Caps Lock’. However, they come unstuck while following the advice, ‘don’t think, just drink’, threatening to unravel not just their friendship but Laura’s relationship with her lo...