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Oscars:  Sweden Submits Hit Doc ‘The Last Journey’ For Best International Feature Film


The work has drawn more than 400,000 spectators in Sweden to make it the highest grossing documentary in the country ever.

Lars has recently retired after 40 years as a French teacher but instead of a “third age” of travel, wine and experiences with his wife, he becomes passive and tired. The work has proven a hit at the Swedish box office this year, drawing more than 400,000 spectators for Nordisk Film since its release in Sweden on March 1, to make it the highest grossing documentary in the country ever. The Swedish Film Institute announced the decision at a press conference in Stockholm on Thursday in the presence of Wikingsson and the producers Lars Beckung and Petra Måhl at Nexiko.

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