Kling started his career in the early 1980s as a musician in the pop group Ratata[1] and went on to make television commercials and direct TV shows.
The movie is based on a short film, Jag, made a few years earlier.
Darling is "a dark comedy about morals and manners in Stockholm" and stars Michael Segerström and Michelle Meadows.
The latter's performance was praised highly by Variety, which also gave acclaim to Kling's "smooth" direction.
[9] Kling's first novel, Människor helt utan betydelse, was published in 2009, and tells the story of a PR worker and his girlfriend.