Anxious People

One bank robber. Seven strangers. And a really bad idea...

The author of A Man Called Ove is back with a riotous comedy about a hostage-situation at a Swedish apartment viewing.

A bank robber on the run locks himself in with an over-enthusiastic estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal multi-millionaire and a rabbit. In the end, the robber gives up and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it's...empty.

In a series of dysfunctional testimonies after the event, the witnesses all tell their version of what really happened and it's clear we have a classic locked-room mystery on our hands: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And: What is WRONG with people these days?

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