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

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

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

Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson Anders Jacobsson (born 1963) and Sören Olsson (born 1964) are two Swedish-born cousins who are writers of children's literature and young adult fiction. They are best known for their books about Sune and Bert, but also Tuva-Lisa and Emanuel ...

. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards,

Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...

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

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' 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 ...

in July 1994.

Plot

It is summer in Sweden, and the Andersson family has decided to go on vacation to

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

. 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 A campsite, also known as a campground or camping pitch, is a place used for camping, overnight stay in an outdoor area. In British English, a ''campsite'' is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight u ...

, 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 Phantom 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 Stockholm, at

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Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to th ...

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

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 series ...

as Karin Andersson * Andreas Hoffer 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 ''Sunes Summer'' ( sv, Sunes sommar) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden ...

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 Asp ...

as Rune/Torsten *

Nils Moritz Nils Ragnar Moritz (born 5 May 1943 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a Swedish actor. Selected filmography *1987 - '' En film om kärlek'' *1988/1989 - '' Dårfinkar & dönickar'' (TV) *1989 - '' Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv'' (TV, '' Julkalendern'') *1 ...

as the cyclist *

Robert Gustafsson Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of ''Killinggänget''.Robert ...

as Leffe *

Lars Väringer Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was b ...

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

Carl Magnus Dellow Carl-Magnus Dellow (born ''Andersson''; 25 October 1951 in Valleberga, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. He is married to the opera singer Eva Österberg. Dellow was a member of the theatre-society ''Proteus'' where he learnt about acting. After stu ...

as Kenny * Gaby Stenberg as Mrs. Gunnarsson *

Anne-Li Norberg Anne-Li Ingvarsdotter Norberg (5 October 1953 – 17 August 2018) was a Swedish actress. Norberg studied acting at Svenska Artist- och musikskolan and later as well at Kulturama. She graduated from stage school in Malmö in 1978 from the same cl ...

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, ...

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 ''Sunes jul'' (Swedish language, Swedish for ''Sune's Christmas'') was the 1991 SVT's Christmas calendar, SVT Christmas calendar. In 2004, it was later released to DVD. In 2007, it was voted the third best ever in Aftonbladet. It is based on the ...

''.

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