Saturday, December 4, 2010

Introducing Sweden: Kopps, Fucking Amal


Kopps

A 6-employee police station in a small village is about to be shut down due to lack of work and 4 police officers go to extreme measures to retain their positions.

While the synopsis might not convince you it’s a movie worth watching, you better do if you don’t want to miss out on camp and rural jokes. This film is living proof to the fact that you don’t need to have a huge budget to generate laughs from your audience. The movie features several digs at Hollywood, an odd love story that is both sweet and well, odd and will most definitely have you laughing out loud with certain regularity.

The plot is both simplistic and ridiculous and that’s exactly what’s fun about it. Interestingly enough, the music suits the rural sites like cows tied to poles incredibly well. This film also speaks to those who at one time or another had nothing to do during work hours - think Office Space set in the countryside.


Fucking Åmål (Show Me Love)

Two female teenagers navigate through the late stages of puberty and deal with such issues as peer pressure, trying to fit in, popular vs. unpopular, same-sex attraction and accepting said attraction.

A brilliant production from Lukas Moodysson. Another representation of life in rural Sweden, this by no means is a comedy, but instead a realistic portrayal of teenage angst and sexual awakening. Although this is a feature film, it could easily remind one of a documentary or maybe even of a home video due to the grainy film. But it all adds up nicely to the charisma of the movie which devotes a great deal of time to exploring how important it is to fit in and how irrelevant it becomes at a certain point.

Great acting accompanied by a true-to-life story of attraction and exploration. Worth watching to anyone including those interested in reminiscing on their first love story or relationship.


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