Eat Sleep Die

Eat Sleep Die
International release poster
Directed byGabriela Pichler
Written byGabriela Pichler
Produced byChina Åhlander
StarringNermina Lukac
Milan Dragišić
CinematographyJohan Lundborg
Music byAndreas Svensson
Production
company
Distributed byTriart Film AB
Release date
  • 5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Box office$ 58 278[1]

Eat Sleep Die (Swedish: Äta sova dö) is a 2012 Swedish drama film written and directed by Gabriela Pichler. Set in present-day Sweden, it follows a realistic story about an unemployed young woman named Raša (Nermina Lukac), who struggles to find a new job while simultaneously taking care of her sick father (Milan Dragišić).

The film is Pichler's feature debut, and the cast consists primarily of amateurs. The film's main actress Nermina Lukac has received many accolades for her performance.[2]

The film has received several awards.[3] At the 48th Guldbagge Awards it received five nominations, including in the category Best Film, which it also won. Gabriela Pichler was awarded two awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and Nermina Lukac won the award for Best Actress. The film was also nominated for the 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize. The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[4][5] but it was not nominated.

  1. ^ "Eat Sleep Die (2012)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "Hyllad debutant i Äta sova dö" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Utmärkelser" (in Swedish). Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  4. ^ ""Äta sova dö" är Sveriges Oscarsbidrag". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Oscars: Sweden Nominates 'Eat Sleep Die' in Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-05.