Preview by Jon Donnis
Little Did I Know, the Swedish romcom that has broken box office records in its home country, is now set to arrive in the UK. Based on the hugely popular novels by Martina Haag, which have sold over a million copies worldwide, the award-winning feature blends romance and heartbreak with sharp honesty about how love evolves over time. The film makes its UK premiere on 16 October, streaming exclusively on Viaplay via Amazon Prime Video Channels.
Fronted by one of Sweden's most recognisable talents, Alexandra Rapaport (The Sandhamn Murders, Veronika), the film brings Haag's own bestselling stories to life, with the author also stepping behind the camera to direct. Rapaport plays Petra, a woman who, at 50, appears to have the perfect life: a strong marriage, a thriving career, and two children. That image soon cracks when she discovers her husband's infidelity, setting her on a painful journey of reinvention.
Running in parallel, we also meet Petra as a restless teenager in the 1980s, played by Ella Hammarsten Liedberg. Her experiences of first love, rejection, and identity struggles add a poignant counterpoint to the older Petra's story. Through these intertwined timelines, the film paints a tender yet unsparing portrait of how choices in youth echo across a lifetime.
Both hopeful and bittersweet, Little Did I Know (There is Something Going On) captures the fragility of relationships while celebrating the resilience needed to begin again. At once funny, devastating, and deeply human, it promises to connect with anyone who has loved, lost, and wondered what might have been.
Swedish with English subtitles. Released Thursday 16 October.
ViaPlay on Amazon Prime - https://amzn.to/46BBXQD
Apple TV - https://apple.co/3VOC9Ws
