Swedish Beauty (2000)
"Dubbel-8" (original title)

Summer of 1964. Nothing happens in the little rural village, but suddenly somebody gets off the bus...

Director:

Daniel Fridell

Writers:

Gunder Andersson, Håkan Bjerking,

Stars:

Francisco Jacob, Viktor Källander, Jenny Ulving

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Francisco Jacob	...	Anders Åhlin
Viktor Källander	...	Börje Olsson
Jenny Ulving	...	Sofia Sjöberg
Nadine Kirschon	...	Angelika
Mats Helin	...	Billy Pärsson
Petter Billengren	...	Stöten
Peter Schildt	...	Modde
Christer Fjällström	...	Inge
Ingela Olsson	...	Anders' mother
Johanna Sällström	...	Nina
Michel Riddez	...	Wirén

Storyline

The year is 1964 and it's summer in a little rural village in Dalarna, Sweden. The two friends Anders and Börje rides around with their mopeds, waiting for something to happen. Then suddenly from out of nowhere a girl gets off the bus in a short yellow skirt. It's Sofia - a plain copy of Brigitte Bardot. It's like if Anders and Börje have been blinded by the sun. They're both obssessed by sex and slowly starts to figure out how to see Sofia naked. Soon they get a brilliant idea... Why not make a movie and let Sofia have the leading role. Everything doesn't fall right into place, but this is the beginning of a summer with incidents and secrets that the boys even in their wildest dreams never could have believed.

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Plot Keywords:

film camera | filmmaking | cinema | 1960s | small town | 

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Taglines:

Det är sommaren då allting händer

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

3 November 2000 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

A svéd szépség

Filming Locations:

Avesta, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Box Office

Gross:

$25,113 (Sweden) (10 November 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bjerking Produktion AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features ...And God Created Woman (1956)

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Soundtracks

"Hurry on Back To Love"
Written by C. Westlake
Performed by Otto Brandenburg
Courtesy of EMI Svenska AB
Under License from Warner/Chappell Music Scandianvia AB

User Reviews

Another One for the Geeks

This is another one of those overly contrived "Geeks overcoming odds to become hero" hollywood-ish story.

This theme has been played to death. It is nothing more than another left wing ideology with the weak overcoming the strong. Anders (Jacob) is the typical king of dweebness. He lust after Sofia (Ulving), gets to have his way with her and then finds true love with another girl at the end. What a cool nerd?

Unfortunately, we have been over-saturated with this kind of motion picture propaganda. Nerds and geeks no longer have to fear Darwin's rule of nature. They have these movies to promote their cause worldwide. At the end, it was just another bad attempt on filmmaking. Watch at your own peril.