One-Week Bachelors
One-Week Bachelors (Swedish: Gräsänklingar) is a Swedish comedy film from 1982, directed by Hans Iveberg.[1] The film premiered on the theaters on December 16, 1982.[2]
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| Directed by | Hans Iveberg |
| Produced by | Peter Hald |
| Written by | Åke Cato Jan Richter |
| Starring | Gösta Ekman Janne Carlsson Lena Olin Mona Seilitz Svante Grundberg |
| Music by | Björn J:son Lindh |
| Cinematography | Petter Davidson |
| Edited by | Roger Sellberg Sten Valegren |
Production company | Drakfilm Produktion Europa Film |
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Running time | 99 min |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
Plot
The architect Gary Stenström is at Arlanda and has just waved by his wife who is going to Geneva at a conference. After the airbus has driven him out, he gets lifted by car mechanic Lasse who is Gary's straight opposite. Gary's plans to have a quiet week as a grassland change are radically changing and he is experiencing a whole new world with Lasse.
Cast
- Gösta Ekman as Gary[3][4]
- Janne Carlsson as Lasse
- Lena Olin as Nina
- Mona Seilitz as Inga-Lill
- Lis Nilheim as Lilian
- Peter Harryson as Göran
- Lennart R. Svensson as Rune
- Lena Nyman as Maggan
- Marika Lindström as Viveka
- Svante Grundberg as Staffan
- Börje Nyberg as Brogren
- Stig Ossian Ericson as Hypnotist
- Johannes Brost as Bank robber
- Claire Wikholm as Secretary
- Roland Janson as policeman
- Michael Segerström as policeman
- Peter Schildt as policeman
- Ann-Sofie Kylin as Anki
- Kim Anderzon as hypnosis lady
- Marvin Yxner as hypnosis man
- Åsa Bjerkerot as Mia
- Nils Eklund as Mia's father
- Gregor Dahlman as taxi driver
- Palle Granditsky as Mayor
- Joel Fänge as August Carlsson
- Christina Lindberg as stripper
- Gunwer Bergkvist as Lady with pram
- Luc Bouy as restaurant employee
Review
Either way, the film is something as unique as a genuinely funny and well-played Swedish comedy from the eighties and then I can excuse a certain uniqueness. You like tanning. Åke Cato and Lars Richter brilliant with a script not in the height of, but close to Sällskapsresans. Gösta Ekman's and Janne Carlsson's interplay is a schoolbook example in timing and in Ekman's case mimic, that with small little gestures create brilliant physical comedy. It wasn't more fun than this in the eighties. Thanks for everything Gösta and Janne.[3]
Thrill Me Softly: Gösta Ekman and Loffe Carlsson are perfect for their roles as the timid, clumsy architect and the happy, frantic mechanic who becomes grass clippings and happens to be brought together by an event. It is not entirely unexpected who in the duo makes it for who. Pretty fun to see Gösta being forced to play on disco, socializing with Loffe's children, and so on – he stumbles and is bothered in the usual order. The structure of the film is mostly in sketch style; This exploration of released masculinity is not deeply profound.[5]
