G (1983)

Director:

Staffan Hildebrand

Writers:

Göran Gester (writer)
Staffan Hildebrand (writer)

Release Date:

25 February 1983 (Sweden)

Tagline:

En film om kärlek, hasch, rock'n roll

Plot:

Three friends, Robban, Alexander and Kim has just left the compulsory school, and now they consider themselves grown-up and mature...

Plot Keywords:

One Letter Title

Cast

Joakim Schröder	...	Robban
Sebastian Håkansson	...	Alexander
Niclas Wahlgren	...	Kim
Ulrika Örn	...	Mia
Magnus Uggla	...	Kristoffer
Dominik Henzel	...	Sudden
Niels Jensen	...	Jeppe
Ewa Fröling	...	Robban's mother
Ulf Brunnberg	...	Manager
Lasse Strömstedt	...	Mia's father
Rebecca Pawlo	...	Policewoman
Christer Melén	...	Member of 'Barn'
Magnus Hedström	...	Member of 'Barn'
Per Åkerlund	...	Member of 'Barn'
Jean Frédéric Axelsson	...	Member of 'Barn'

Also Known As:

G - som i Gemenskap (Sweden) (TV title)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Bergsjö, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Company:

Filmslussen

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "100 höjdare: Världens roligaste ögonblick 60-51 (#2.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

I'll Find My Way Home

A moral with a story, instead of a story with a moral

G stands for 'gemenskap', which is Swedish for fellowship, the feeling of togetherness. This is the message of the movie - together we can help each other stay on the right path. Cute, but not exactly revolutionary news - not to mention its omitting of how difficult it actually is to feel togetherness, when things get complicated.

But in this movie, nothing is allowed to get complicated. We meet a few teens with very teenish problems, in their most over-simplified form, and see how they first succumb to different kinds of temptation, but later - yes, with the help of each other - manage to get free of them. It's all as easy as bread-in-a-box.

Of course, such simplified dilemmas and solutions function only with a moral which is just as simple - and it needs to be intolerant and conformist. Silly, too.

The film was a huge hit with teens, when first released - although it tried to teach them to 'stay in school' in every way. Critics despised it, for good reasons. Now, time has kindly been transporting it toward oblivion.

But one anomaly remains to be considered with this movie: With such an uncool moral oozing from it, how could it be a hit with the kids? Was it because the adult world expressed its contempt for it? That, teens can always relate to.