Zlatan's Nose
A mischievous Malmö true-crime investigation turns a stolen football statue nose into a slippery game of authorship, obsession, and make-believe.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- self aware
- suspicious
- mystery movie night
- documentary night
What critics said
Available audience reception is modestly positive, while no aggregate critic consensus is provided.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Claes Ekman becomes invested in turning the investigation into an action thriller, causing the documentary project and its apparent reality to overlap.
The local film crew makes a true-crime documentary while exposing how its investigation is shaped by cinematic ambitions.
The stolen nose of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statue turns a small Malmö theft into a nationally reported cultural mystery.
Private detective Claes Ekman moves from efficient casework toward obsessive involvement in the documentary’s evolving narrative.
Films like Zlatan's Nose, and why
The Imposter
shares a true-crime investigation shaped by questions of identity, constructed evidence, and unstable reality
F for Fake
shares self-reflexive documentary form, playful skepticism toward truth, and reality-fiction collision
American Vandal
shares comic investigative framing, fabricated clues, and the conventions of true-crime storytelling
Exit Through the Gift Shop
shares documentary uncertainty, media manipulation, and an investigation into an elusive public mystery
Movie Details
- Directors
- Nils Toftenow, Mathias Rosberg, Olle Toftenow
- Release Date
- 2025-04-25
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
Cast
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
- Claes Ekman
- Nils Toftenow
- Olle Toftenow
- Mathias Rosberg
- Peter Linde
Common questions
- What is Zlatan's Nose about?
- A mischievous Malmö true-crime investigation turns a stolen football statue nose into a slippery game of authorship, obsession, and make-believe.
- What is Zlatan's Nose like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Zlatan's Nose as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Zlatan's Nose violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Zlatan's Nose.
- What did critics think of Zlatan's Nose?
- Available audience reception is modestly positive, while no aggregate critic consensus is provided.
- Which films are like Zlatan's Nose?
- Films with a similar feel include The Imposter, F for Fake, American Vandal, and Exit Through the Gift Shop.
- How long is Zlatan's Nose?
- Zlatan's Nose runs 83 minutes.
