In a moment of weakness, eternal screw-up Lisa (Katia Winter) tells her daughter that she intends to compete in Vasaloppet, a 56-mile ski race; now she has to get in shape with help from her perfectionist brother (Fredrik Hallgren).

A movie about the world’s oldest cross-country ski race sounds like a comedy in the vein of popular Swedish filmmaker Lasse Åberg, but Off Track is more ambitious. A subplot addressing childlessness is unexpectedly moving because cast and filmmakers take it seriously.

Winter and Hallgren are fun as siblings and the film has amusing dialogue. The story moves along comfortably, losing steam only near the end. 

2022-Sweden. 108 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Mårten Klingberg. Screenplay: Maria Karlsson. Cast: Katia Winter (Lisa), Fredrik Hallgren (Daniel), Rakel Wärmländer (Klara), Ulf Stenberg (Anders), Susanne Thorson, Leif Andrée, Maria Sid, Mårten Klingberg, Torkel Petersson… Kalle Moraeus, Irma Schultz. 

Trivia: Original title: Ur spår. Followed by Off Track 2 (2025); remade in Norway as The Wrong Track (2025).