''Eddie og Suzanne'' ( en, Eddie and Suzanne}) is a 1975
Norwegian
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drama film
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written and directed by
Arild Kristo, starring
Sverre Horge
Sverre Horge (born 10 May 1944) is a Norwegian actor. He has acted in many Norwegian films and TV series. He is best known for playing the role of ''Sverre'' in the popular Norwegian Christmas series Nissene på Låven on (TV Norge).
Horge has a ...
and
Yvonne Sparrbåge. The film, a
road movie
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inspired by such films as
Bonnie and Clyde and
Easy Rider
''Easy Rider'' is a 1969 American independent drug culture road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American So ...
, has been called a "modernist classic" of Norwegian cinema.
Eddie (Horge) is a young Norwegian man who has recently been released from prison, and moves to Sweden to start a new life. At a disco, he meets Suzanne (Sparrbåge) and the two fall in love. Suzanne's father, however, is a tyrannical policeman who tries to put an end to the relationship, so the two elope to France.
References
External links
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''Eddie og Suzanne''at the Norwegian Film Institute
1975 films
1975 drama films
Norwegian drama films
1970s Norwegian-language films
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