He is fifty-nine
Shows contempt for most people
Wants to kill himself

A Man Called Ove

New across the street
Pregnant mom with two children
She is from Iran

New Neighbor Parvaneh

Suicide by rope
He gets dressed in his nice clothes
Fails when the rope breaks

Ove's Attempt

Met her on a train
She became all his color
But now she is gone

Sonja's Legacy

Six in the morning
Neighborhood inspection time
Ove makes daily rounds

Ove's Routine

Parvaneh's husband
Ove calls him “The Lanky One”
Hits mailbox with truck

Patrick's Mail

Carbon monoxide
Plastic tube inside a Saab
But life interrupts

Ove's Saab-icide

Fall from a ladder
Husband goes to hospital
Parvaneh can't drive

Parvaneh's Permit

Drive to hospital
Parvaneh and her children
Then punches a clown

Ove and a Clown

Auburn hair, blue eyes
He purchases pink flowers
This is their first date

Sonja's Colors

Suicide by train
The engineer's eyes stop him
Instead he saves a man

Ove's Empathy

Ove's old frenemy
He has Alzheimer's disease
Ove hates his Volvo

Rune

Frozen feral cat
Parvaneh and Jimmy help
Ove now has a cat

Ove's New Pet

Babymoon in Spain
Bus crash paralyzes her
The baby is gone

Sonja's Paralysis

Youth's bike is astray
Ove locks it up in the shed
The bike needs fixing

Ove and the Bike

Never learned to drive
Reluctantly, he'll teach her
She is not stupid

Parvaneh's Reassurance

Time to fix a bike
Adrian, whose friend is bent
At the coffee shop

Ove and the Bent

Teaches special ed
She believes in her students
All from her wheelchair

Sonja the Teacher

Visits Sonja's grave
Six months past, cancer took her
Now Ove is alone

Ove's Sorrow

Comes out to his dad
He is not welcome at home
Dad says he is sick

Mirsad's Father

Suicide by gun
Interrupted by a knock
Mirsad at the door

Ove and the Firearm

Neighbor in tracksuit
Social Services for Rune
How can they stop them?

Jimmy's Routine

Man in the white shirt
Ove gathers neighbors to help
Rune can stay at home

Ove's Plan

Her daughter turns eight
Ove gets her a nice iPad
She says, “Thanks, Granddad”

Parvaneh's Gift

Snow is on his walk
He has not shoveled the snow
Dead from a big heart

Ove's Legacy

Parvaneh finds Ove
He left his money to her
She visits his grave

Parvaneh's Visit