''Cockpit'' is a 2012 Swedish film directed by
Mårten Klingberg.
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Plot
After getting fired from his job as a pilot and dumped by his wife, Valle seeks to find a new job. Out of desperation on the job market he disguises himself as a woman in order to get a job from Silver, a company seeking a female pilot. The lines between his female and male life, as well as his personal and love life, starts to become a blur.
Valle gets drawn deeper into the conspiracy when he accidentally becomes a national hero after a successful emergency landing. "She" is dubbed "an angel in the cockpit". Media celebrate "her" image as a role model for girls and a living proof that women handle mentally demanding jobs just as well as men.
The bubble is popped when Valle's co-pilot comes forward, claiming that "the angel in the cockpit" panicked so bad that "she" had to be knocked unconscious in order for the plane to be landed safely. Black box recording confirms this version.
The incident quickly becomes the topic of a heated debate concerning women's rights, abilities, and affirmation policies.
Feeling that he owes it to the women he's inadvertently endangered, Valle, still dressed as a woman, reveals his real identity in order to make the public understand that his failure was not a gender issue, but simply the fault of a human being.
Cast
*Jonas Karlsson
Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author.
Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie '' Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in ...
as Valle
* Björn Gustafsson as Albin
*Björn Andersson as Harald
* Mårten Klingberg as Jens
*Chatarina Larsson
Ingrid Chatarina Larsson is a Swedish actress born on 2 April 1947 in Stockholm.
Career
Larsson's first appearance was with her father, in Lisebergsteatern in 1964, in the variety show ''Far i luften''. She studied at drama school in Malmö ...
as Susanna
* Sofia Ledarp as Annika
*Gustav Levin
Tor Gustav Ebbe Levin (born 10 September 1952 in Sigtuna, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He studied at Skara Skolscen and later at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting.
Filmography Film
* ''Pillertrillaren'' (1994)
* '' The Christmas Ora ...
as Peter
*Karin Lithman as Caroline
*Tanja Lorentzon
Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for he ...
* Ellen Mattsson as Maria
*Marie Robertson
Marie Charlotte Robertson (born 14 April 1977) is a Swedish actress. She was born in Sunne, Sweden.
Filmography
* ''Rederiet'' (TV, 1998)
* '' Trettondagsafton'' (TV, 1999)
* '' Tre kronor'' (TV, 1999)
* ''Ett litet rött paket'' (TV, 1999)
* ...
as Cecilia
*Måns Westfelt as Gunnar
*Carina Söderman as Rakel
*Sonny Johnson as Pacient
References
External links
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2012 films
2012 comedy films
2010s Swedish-language films
Films directed by Mårten Klingberg
Swedish comedy films
Cross-dressing in film
2010s Swedish films
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