Slim Susie

2003 Swedish film

2003 (2003)

Running time

97 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

Slim Susie (Swedish: Smala Sussie) is a 2003 Swedish comedy-crime film. It was directed by Ulf Malmros and written by Malmros and Petteri Nuottimäki. It is considered Ulf Malmros's most popular film.^[1]

Plot

The film is set in a small industrial town in Värmland, where a young man returns to his hometown from Stockholm to investigate the sudden disappearance of his sister. He initially has little success with his inquiries, performed through the rekindling of brief acquaintances with the odd characters of his youth, and he eventually forms a picture of what has happened.

Cast

Most of the actors are amateurs, with Tuva Novotny, Kjell Bergqvist and Michael Nyqvist being the only ones of greater prominence. Björn Starrin and Lotta Tejle had their breakthrough in the film.

Tuva Novotny as Smala Sussie (Slim Susie), the sister of Erik
Jonas Rimeika as Erik, who moved away to Stockholm 3 years prior to the plot.
Björn Starrin as Grits Pölsa, a wheeler, pothead and drugdealer interested in filmmaking and makes wine of garbage
Kjell Bergqvist as Billy Davidsson, a corrupt local policeman
Malin Morgan as Sandra, working in the pizzeria
Lotta Tejle as Gudrun, Sussies coworker and a disgruntled wife
Michael Nyqvist as Mörka Rösten ("the dark voice"), a police officer from Karlstad
Lena Dahlman as Gerd, proprietor of the VCR cassette rental and local drug lord
Johan Andersson as Micke Tretton (cf. The Piranha Brothers in Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Anders Blomberg as Tore Tumör, the single father of a baby and fakes being mute; previously operated on because of a brain tumor in an attempt to make an insurance claim
Nicky Horn as Davidssons wife
Bengt Alsterlind as Gunnar, the husband of disgruntled Gudrun
Lena Wallman-Alster as Erik's mother, an alcoholic
Rolf H. Karlsson as Cinemaoperator
Olle Wirenhed as Konsum-owner Ralf