Swedes travel to the Canary Islands on a package trip.Swedes travel to the Canary Islands on a package trip.Swedes travel to the Canary Islands on a package trip.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Miguel Ángel
- Airport Official
- (as Miguel Angel Gonzalez Gil de Avalle)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSven Melander still owns his legendary "Tonight 107 Swedes Catch Gonorrhea" T-shirt from the movie.
- GoofsWhen Berra is talking to Sulan about Pepe's Bodega, there is no aircraft at the gate Sulan came out from.
- Quotes
Robban Söderberg: How are you?
Berra Ohlsson: Well, I was sober this morning, but now it's starting to get all right.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Minns Ni? (1993)
- SoundtracksMed SunTrip mot solen
Composed by Bengt Palmers
Featured review
Comedy Cult Classic -- for anyone living in Sweden, Norway or Denmark
"Jak kan flyga. Jag är inte rädd."
Stig Helmer (Lasse Åberg) cements his status as lovable nerd in Sällskapsresan (1980), a goofy lanky man who never quite stopped being a shy boy. His nickname is "The Giraff" and he always ends up saying the wrongs things. Although this film is one of many in a series of cult comedies starring Åberg and his band of eccentric friends, it is the funniest and most memorable one. If you live in Scandinavia, you will have seen it a dozen of times and if you have grown up in the typical Swedish way, you will have laughed at it even more so.
Sällskapsresan sees Stig Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole Bramserud on a charter-trip to the Canary Islands. Stig Helmer is asked by his doctor to deliver a package to a friend of his at the destination and oblivious to the fact that it contains 50,000 SEK, Stig accidentally loses it at the airport and a hilarious mess ensues. But this little criminal detour is not what is funny about the film. The many laughs come from seeing Stig Helmer's clumsy and naive ways juxtaposed to the sleek jet-set style of the pretentious travel guides.
What elevates Sällskapsresan (1980) and its sequels above generic comedy formula is its brilliant, clear-eyed use of Swedish clichés. Everyone who is a child of the 1950s-1980s has probably been to the Canary Islands at one time or another and encountered the silly tourist things that are present in this film. Here they are overblown and hilarious, but still subtle enough to get us to identify with them. The whole film is really extremely realistic, as are all its stereotypical characters. A real classic.
8.5/10
Stig Helmer (Lasse Åberg) cements his status as lovable nerd in Sällskapsresan (1980), a goofy lanky man who never quite stopped being a shy boy. His nickname is "The Giraff" and he always ends up saying the wrongs things. Although this film is one of many in a series of cult comedies starring Åberg and his band of eccentric friends, it is the funniest and most memorable one. If you live in Scandinavia, you will have seen it a dozen of times and if you have grown up in the typical Swedish way, you will have laughed at it even more so.
Sällskapsresan sees Stig Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole Bramserud on a charter-trip to the Canary Islands. Stig Helmer is asked by his doctor to deliver a package to a friend of his at the destination and oblivious to the fact that it contains 50,000 SEK, Stig accidentally loses it at the airport and a hilarious mess ensues. But this little criminal detour is not what is funny about the film. The many laughs come from seeing Stig Helmer's clumsy and naive ways juxtaposed to the sleek jet-set style of the pretentious travel guides.
What elevates Sällskapsresan (1980) and its sequels above generic comedy formula is its brilliant, clear-eyed use of Swedish clichés. Everyone who is a child of the 1950s-1980s has probably been to the Canary Islands at one time or another and encountered the silly tourist things that are present in this film. Here they are overblown and hilarious, but still subtle enough to get us to identify with them. The whole film is really extremely realistic, as are all its stereotypical characters. A real classic.
8.5/10
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- Aug 16, 2006
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- Package Tour or Can You Get Fish and Chips at the Flamenco
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten (1980) officially released in Canada in English?
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