Searching for Sugar Man: Validating the use of English language
The most common motive among the producers for the use of the English language in Nordic films has been the story; through either a character or a setting the presence of English language needs to be justifiable. Majority of the producers interviewed for this study find problematic the kind of Nordic films, where Nordic characters speak English in their local Nordic setting, as this feels unauthentic. In films by foreign production companies set in the Nordic countries, inclu