Varela about Persson and Schibbye: Heroic

Gustaf Skarsgård and Matias Varela play the lead role in the film's 438 days on Martin Schibbye. Johan Persson, who was detained in Ethiopia Image: Adam Ihse / TT

Matias Varela rushes out of the office in Gothenburg with sweat on his forehead. There, the fan blows in its entirety, a rather small space, full of camera and actor

– It's hotter than in South Africa, exclaims-t- he

with Gustaf Skarsgård, he plays one of the main roles of the film. days ", about journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, captured during a reportage in Ethiopia in 2011. They were sentenced to 11 years in prison for terrorist offenses, but sentenced in September 2012 and then wrote a book on their experiences

South Africa, where the film was largely recorded, the team is now in place in Gothenburg for the final stages

The main actors of the film have recently participated in major international initiatives – Matias Varela in "Narcos" and Gustaf Skarsgård in "Westworld". "Both are impressed by the driving force of Persson and Schibby.

– The need to express injustice, in addition to the countries that are not related to culture or geography, is heroic, unable to move.They jump on a plane and photograph people who are at war when they know that there is a relatively high risk of fai "True," says Varela.

The real Persson and Schibbye said in interviews that they imprisoned themselves very close – to survive, they had to use the differences of each one and be osams that they did not could not afford. This starring duo in "438 days" is known since 1993, it is a success for the show.

– Although our relationship is different, we have chemistry between us. What I think has been so incredibly rewarding, is that it gets even higher authenticity requirements than before. I can not go wrong without Matias noticing and he can not go wrong without noticing it, says Gustaf Skarsgård.

When Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were imprisoned, director Jesper Ganslandt eagerly followed the news, without considering that he would direct the feature several years later on their fate. Most interested, it was not great politics, but how Swedish journalists handled the prison purely psychologically.

But instead of claustrophobic prison cells, the film focuses mainly on your open desert, deserting with ONLF guerrillas. In addition, "438 days" follows other people who do not appear in the book, but who have advanced the real story. Part of the team is made up of Ethiopian and Somali actors who have themselves had negative experiences of the regime in their country – some had even met real people from history

– It was so amazing that it gives so much to the film's story credibility and realism in it. I like to mix a lot with someone who has never been in front of the camera with someone who has worked a lot with him. They get up without noticing it, says Ganslandt.

The film should be biopremiary in the autumn of 2019.