Sällskapsresan

Sällskapsresan
Swedish Blu-ray cover
Directed by Lasse Åberg, Peter Hald
Produced by Bo Jonsson
Written by Bo Jonsson, Lasse Åberg
Starring Lasse Åberg,
Jon Skolmen,
Lottie Ejebrant,
Kim Anderzon,
Roland Jansson,
Magnus Härenstam
Music by Bengt Palmers
Distributed by Svensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (Sweden)
Running time
 107 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish

Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten? (English: The Charter Trip) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 1980,[1] and the first in a series directed by Lasse Åberg. The film has reached cult status in Sweden and a vast number of the Swedish people have seen it, and many of the lines in the movie are known and referenced frequently by many Swedes. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

Plot

The plot follows a stuffy, nerdy Swede, Stig-Helmer Olsson (Lasse Åberg), who travels to the fictional town of Nueva Estocolmo in Gran Canaria. Before the trip, he meets with a psychiatrist, Dr. B. A:son Levander (Magnus Härenstam), for treatment of his fear of flying. Levander then cons him into smuggling money for another of the tourists, Gösta Angerud (Roland Jansson), by asking Stig-Helmer to deliver a Christmas present to Levander's aunt in Nueva Estocolmo. At the airport in Sweden, Stig-Helmer meets and befriends a man from Norway, Ole Bramserud (Jon Skolmen). Among the other tourists are two single sisters, Maj-Britt (Lottie Ejebrant) and Siv (Kim Anderzon); the heavy drinkers Berra (Sven Melander) and Robban (Weiron Holmberg), who throughout the movie search for a liquor store named Pepe's Bodega; and the newlywed and camera-enthusiastic Storch couple.

Cast

Reception

The film has become a classic in Sweden, though it was not well received by Swedish critics at the time of release. Jan Aghed from Sydsvenska Dagbladet wrote "There are many funny gags in the beginning, and the film is very funny until the travellers has reached their destination. The film then goes on very slowly in poor humor and boredom." The film became a box-office success with over 2 million people watching the film, making it the most watched Swedish cinema-film in Sweden to this day.[3]

The success of the film spawned a series of films about the character Stig-Helmer, mostly making fun of Swedish vacation activities:

The film was adapted into a musical, also named Sällskapsresan, in 2015. Sven Melander reprised his role from 1980.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sällskapsresan". Swedish Film Database. 22 August 1980. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Håkansson, Sebastian (11 June 2016). "De 10 mest sedda svenska filmerna någonsin". Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Så bra är nya versionen av "Sällskapsresan"". Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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