Zingo (1998)

A comedy about a young man with a tendency to screw things up. After years of unhealthy living he is looking for calm and rest. But first he has to deal with a drug-dealing debt. He teams ... See full summary »

Director:

Christjan Wegner

Writers:

Matthew Allen (adaptation), Santiago Gil,

Stars:

Björn Kjellman, Helena af Sandeberg, Per Morberg

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Björn Kjellman	...	Filip Singstedt aka Zingo
Helena af Sandeberg	...	Barbro aka Baby
Per Morberg	...	Mos
Thomas Hellberg	...	Ken Karlsson
Tommy Andersson	...	Jocke
Jarmo Mäkinen	...	Puda
Madeleine Elfstrand	...	Bittan
Hans Henriksson	...	Benno, film producer
Kjell Lennartsson	...	Zingo's Dad
Matthew Allen	...	Wolfgang, German film producer
Maria Lindström	...	Tina, porn actress
Charlotte Allen	...	Lina, porn actress
Niklas Falk	...	Rune, Baby's father
Catherine Hansson	...	Margareta
Martin Forsström	...	Guy standing in line behind Jocke (as Martin Forström)

Storyline

A comedy about a young man with a tendency to screw things up. After years of unhealthy living he is looking for calm and rest. But first he has to deal with a drug-dealing debt. He teams up with his cousin, who has spent five years writing a film script, and turns into a film producer. One of the problems is that the German financiers expect a porn film...

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Plot Keywords:

debt | drugs | masturbation | meta film | motorcycle | 

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Taglines:

Zingo är redo för Svenssonlivet, men är Svensson redo för Zingo?

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

20 November 1998 (Sweden)

Filming Locations:

Fågel Blå, Skeppargatan 60, Östermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stærmose, Søren AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sveriges Television (SVT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the first films that had a complete digital intermediate made for digital color correction at 2K resolution.

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Quotes

Rune: A fine lad, that Zingo.
Margareta: I actually think he looks like a fish.

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Connections

References Elvira Madigan (1967)

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Soundtracks

"RESCUE ME"
Performed by Fontella Bass
Music and Lyrics by C. Smith and R. Miner

User Reviews

Bizarre, yes. Funny, rarely.

In this Swedish comedy, we get to meet the looser Zingo, and a whole bunch of other sad and pathetic figures. Zingo wants to settle down and have a nice family life, but it takes money to start a new life. He convinces a producer that he will do a bizarre porn-film for the German market, featuring one of Sweden´s most respected actors and a moose.

All kinds of stereotypes are lined up here: the main character who wants to prove to his dad that he can succeed with his life, his younger girlfriend who just wants to party all night, his aggressive and stupid best friend. We also have the brutal biker who cuts peoples thumbs off, but also enjoys Bergman-films.

With this comes a poor script which is little believable. Björn Kjellman doesn´t succeed with making his character likeable at all, he´s quite the opposite actually. Nor does the other actors. The director clearly wanted to make a fresh and controversial movie with "Zingo", but fails.

Some jokes works, but most of the black humour misses the mark completely. It could have been good, but no. Great soundtrack though.

2/5