''Sunes Summer'' ( sv, Sunes sommar) is a Swedish

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which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1993, directed by Stephan Apelgren. It is based on the chapter book with the same name, the eighth in the book series about Sune, written by

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. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards,

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was nominated for the Best Actor award. It also won a shared first-prize during the Italiafiction festival in

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in July 1994.

Plot

It is summer in

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, and the Andersson family has decided to go on vacation to

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. The trip turns out to be too expensive, especially when Håkan destroys a window in the travel agency after climbing a shelf of newspapers. Rudolf decides that they should go on a caravan holiday instead. When they start the journey, Karin runs over Rudolf's foot with the caravan and they have to go into a hospital. There, Rudolf gets his foot bandaged by Lenny, a medic who is pretending to be a doctor. At the hospital Sune meets a girl named Cornelia and falls in love with her, but he makes a fool of himself at a candy vending machine by pressing the button for snus by accident. The next day they arrive at the "Jonsson camp" where they should stay. At the

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, Annas meet the greaser Leffe and they immediately become fond of each other, Leffe subsequently runs over Håkan with his quad bike. It turns out that the family is living next door to Lenny, and Cornelia his daughter. Sune tries out a way to win Cornelia's heart, giving her a pair of earrings that he believes are in a toy machine at the camp site. Therefore, he begins to raise money by returning bottles and cans, but all he gets is a bunch of

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rings. Eventually he gets the earrings from one of the campsite owners. Before it is time for the family to go home, they are invited to a farewell party by Lenny's family. During the party Lenny's brother Kenny, who is a real doctor, arrives. He looks at Rudolf's foot, which proves to be restored. The film ends with Sune and Cornelia meeting on the beach at dusk, where she gets the earrings.

Production

The film was shot in

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, at

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and at ''Björkviks havsbad'' on

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. Recordings began on 14 June 1993.

Cast

as Rudolf Andersson *

Carina Lidbom Solbritt Carina Lidbom (born 9 February 1957 in Östersund) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Filmography *1988 - '' S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa'' *1989 - '' Det var då...'' (television series) *1991 - '' Sunes jul'' (television seri ...

as Karin Andersson *

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as Sune Andersson *

Gabriel Odenhammar Gabriel Odenhammar (born 23 November 1983) is a Swedish actor known for his role as Sune's brother Håkan in '' Sunes jul'' and '' Sune's Summer''. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Odenhammar, Gabriel 1983 births Living peo ...

as Håkan Andersson *

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as Anna Andersson *

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as Rune/Torsten *

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as the cyclist *

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as Leffe *

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as Lenny * Anna von Rosen-Sundelius as Bettan * Tina Johnson as Cornelia *

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as Kenny *

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as Mrs. Gunnarsson * Anne-Li Norberg as the lady at the travel agency *

Göran Gillinger Anders Göran Gillinger (born 13 February 1973) is a Swedish actor and former model. He has a broad background in classical theatre, television and film. Career Gillinger was born in Vaxholm, Stockholms län in 1973. In 1993, at the age of 19, h ...

as the beachguy * Dorman Smith as a basketball player * My Linder as Stina

Home video

The film was released to home video 1994 in, originally to VHS and later also to DVD. It also appeared in the 2008 compilation box "Sommar & jul med Sune" consisting of a triple DVD also consisting of '' Sunes jul''.

References

External links

* *{{Sfdb title 1993 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1990s Swedish-language films Films based on Swedish novels Films based on works by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson Films about vacationing 1993 films Films directed by Stephan Apelgren 1990s Swedish films