The Stig-Helmer Story (2011)

Stories of his youth told to Ole Bramserud as they attempt to track down his first love. Showing the origins of his obsessive interest in trains, his Romeo and Juliet love-story as well as the days being bullied by Biffen.

Director:

Lasse Åberg

Writer:

Lasse Åberg

Stars:

Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Ida Högberg

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lasse Åberg	...	Stig-Helmer
Jon Skolmen	...	Ole
Ida Högberg	...	Annika
Tobias Jacobsson	...	Stig-Helmer - 20 år
Tove Edfeldt	...	Hjördis
Bill Hugg	...	Julle
Filip Arsic-Johnsson	...	Stig-Helmer - 12 år
Jonas Bane	...	Biffen - 20 år
Nils Rodner	...	Biffen - 12 år
Andreas Nilsson	...	Major Teodor Jönsson
Elisabeth Carlsson	...	Märta
Stefan Sauk	...	Biffens pappa
Cecilia Ljung	...	Svea, Stig-Helmers moster
Lasse Haldenberg	...	Bärsen
Claes Månsson	...	Farbror Sven, radioprogramledare

Storyline

Stories of his youth told to Ole Bramserud as they attempt to track down his first love. Showing the origins of his obsessive interest in trains, his Romeo and Juliet love-story as well as the days being bullied by Biffen.

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Plot Keywords:

young version of character | memory | bully | flashback | band | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

25 December 2011 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Stig-Helmer Story: En skamlöst nostalgisk komedi av Lasse Åberg

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Viking Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The voice of Stig-Helmer - 20 år was dubbed by Lasse Åberg

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Goofs

The music used in the question show is not the authentic music from that show. They always used Spiritual proclamations by Morton Gould, which became almost a theme song for the show.

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Connections

Follows Snowroller - Sällskapsresan II (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Gibson Park"
Composed by Janne Schaffer

User Reviews

Quite a disappointment (even though I didn't expect much)

This film is based on the other "Sällskapsresan"-films and it is highly recommended that you watch at least 2-3 of them before you watch this one.

Summary: Stig-Helmer (Lasse Åberg) has now reached a high age, and as always, when people are close to the end they usually start thinking about the beginning. In this case we will follow how Stig found love for the first time when he is about 20 years old.

SPOILER: Stig-Helmer is kicked out of his home at an age of 19 by his parents so he moves in with his uncle, uncle's wife and cousin, and then later on starts working in his uncle's music shop.

As usual Stig-Helmer is a wimp, and his cousin Hjördis (played by Tove Edfelt) is trying quite hard to make him less wimpish. The very little she does makes him a little bit more "wild" which is later attractive in the eyes of Annika, the girl who he has fallen in love with.

To sum it up. This film was not that entertaining. The story was told at a slow pace and it felt like it needed quite a lot of work when it comes to the script. It is an embarrassment compared to i.e. "Snowroller". The only really good things I can say is that I found the lighting to be great, and that the character Hjördis was really charming and likable. A cousin we all would like to have. Good acting by Tove Edfelt.

This film gets 4/10. It is more of a 3/10, but I liked Hjördis so much. It is too slow, and the script is no original at all. Quite pathetic actually.