title: Before the Storm (2000 film)
text: # Before the Storm (2000 film)
  
  Before the Storm (Före stormen) is a drama film directed by Reza Parsa released in 2000.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  Leo is a Swedish teenager who is bullied at school and Ali is a taxi driver who is blackmailed by terrorists. Surrounded by violence in their lives, both try to solve their problems.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Per Graffman as Ali
  * Maria Lundqvist as Ali's wife
  * Emil Odepark as Leo
  * Martin Wallström as Danne
  * Tintin Anderzon as Leo's mother
  * Christer Fant as Leo's father
  * Sasha Becker as Sara
  * Anni Ececioglu as Jenny
  * Claes Ljungmark as Johan Sander
  
  ## Reception
  
  Jonathan Holland of Variety gave the movie a positive review saying that is "strongly scripted and well-played treat convincingly employs thriller elements to make its heavyweight agenda palatable ... Parallels between the two tales of violence and submission are not overdone. Script is content to point out that power games exist at every social level, from the local and domestic to the global, and that the two are not easily disentangled."
  
  