''Sunes Summer'' () is a Swedish
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by Stephan Apelgren, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1993.
It is based on the chapter book with the same name, the eighth in the book series about
Sune, written by
Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson
Anders Jacobsson (born 1963) and Sören Olsson (born 1964) are two Sweden, Swedish-born cousins who are writers of children's literature and young adult fiction. They are best known for their books about Sune series, Sune and Bert diaries, Bert ...
. At the
29th Guldbagge Awards,
Peter Haber was nominated for the
Best Actor award.
The film also won a shared first-prize during the
Italiafiction festival in
Salerno
Salerno (, ; ; ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located ...
in July 1994.
Plot
It is summer in
Sweden
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, and the Andersson family has decided to go on vacation to
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. 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
campsite
Campsite, campground, and camping pitch are all related terms regarding a place used for camping (an overnight stay in an outdoor area). The usage differs between British English and American English.
In British English, a ''campsite'' is an ...
, Anna meets 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 campsite. Therefore, he begins to raise money by returning bottles and cans, but all he gets is a bunch of
Phantom
Phantom, phantoms, or the phantom may refer to:
* Spirit (metaphysics), the vital principle or animating force within all living things
** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living
Aircraft
* Boeing Phanto ...
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 have healed. The film ends with Sune and Cornelia meeting on the beach at dusk, where she gets the earrings.
Production
The film was shot in
Stockholm
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, at
Tofta Beach on
Gotland
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and at ''Björkviks havsbad'' on
Ingarö
Ingarö is an island in Värmdö Municipality, Stockholm County. The chief settlement is called Brunn. With an area of 63.26 km2, it is the 16th biggest island in Sweden. Petroglyphs indicate that the island has been inhabited since the Nord ...
.
Recordings began on 14 June 1993.
Cast
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Peter Haber as Rudolf Andersson
*
Carina Lidbom as Karin Andersson
*
Andreas Hoffer as Sune Andersson
*
Gabriel Odenhammar as Håkan Andersson
*
Nina Almlöf as Anna Andersson
*
Pär Ericson
Pär is a given name, a Scandinavian form of Peter. Notable people with the name include:
* Pär Arlbrandt (born 1982), Swedish former professional ice hockey forward
* Pär Arvidsson (born 1960), former butterfly swimmer from Sweden
* Pär As ...
as Rune/Torsten
*
Nils Moritz as the cyclist
*
Robert Gustafsson
Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of ''Killinggänget''.
References
External links
Official homepage
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Robert
1964 births
Living people
Swedish male ...
as Leffe
*
Lars Väringer as Lenny
*
Anna von Rosen-Sundelius as Bettan
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Tina Johnson as Cornelia
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Carl Magnus Dellow as Kenny
*
as Mrs. Gunnarsson
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Anne-Li Norberg as the lady at the travel agency
*
Göran Gillinger 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
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*{{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