Mnogi tvrde kako je novinarstvo danas na najnižim mogućim granama, te da mnogobrojni portali i TV kuće samo pišu i izvještavaju o glupostima i ljudima kojima ne treba davati medijskog prostora (takozvani influenceri i slično). No, postoje i oni novinari koji se bave ozbiljnim pričama, pa čak i riskiraju svoje živote kako bi isporučili zanimljivu priču. Redatelj Jesper Ganslandt je snimio film o dvojici takvih novinara, Švedsku dramu 438 Days koja je bazirana na istinitom događaju koji se zbio 2011. godine.
U noći 28. lipnja 2011. švedski novinari Martin Schibbye i Johan Persson stavili su sve na kocku kada su nezakonito prešli granicu iz Somalije u Etiopiju. Nakon više mjesečnih istraživanja, planiranja i neuspjelih pokušaja, napokon su krenuli na put kako bi izvijestili o tome kako je nemilosrdni lov na naftu utjecao na stanovništvo te izolirane i ogorčene regije. Pet dana kasnije, ležali su ranjeni u pustinji! Upucani su i zarobljeni od strane etiopske vojske. Ali kad je njihova prva reportaža propala, počela je druga priča. Priča o bezakonju, propagandi i globalnoj politici. A ovo je priča o njihovih 438 dana pakla…
Film je snimljen sa budžetom od 43 milijuna Švedskih kruna, odnosno 4,5 milijuna Američkih $. U glavnim ulogama su Gustaf Skarsgård, Matias Varela, Fredrik Evers, Josefin Neldén, Philip Zandén, Faysal Ahmed, Jesper Ganslandt, te još mnogi drugi. Švedska premijera ovoga filma će se održati 30. kolovoza 2019.

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On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. But when their initial reportage died, another story began. A story about lawlessness, propaganda and global politics. After a Kafkaesque trial they were sentenced to eleven years in prison for terrorism. And they were far from alone. Their cellmates were journalists, writers and politicians persecuted for not bowing down to dictatorship. Their reportage about oil was transformed into a story about ink, and their daily lives turned into a fight for survival inside the notorious Kality prison in Addis Ababa. Exposed to deadly diseases, daily beatings and fierce repression – deprived of their shoelaces and their freedom of speech – they fought to preserve the most valuable thing of all: the freedom to determine who you are and what you believe. This is their story of 438 days of hell.