The best Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson.
Parade
6/10
For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, Parade also focuses on the spectators, making this stripped-down work a testament to the communion between audience and entertainment.
Exposed
5/10
Young Lena is trapped in a complex situation of sex and lies.
Karlsson on the Roof
5.8/10
Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.
Pulled the Plug? 2
3.3/10
Andersson's boatyard remains after 25 years, still chased by the same stringent, but misfortuned debt collector. TV producer Vonna Jigert wants Andersson to compete against an Italian company and their boat Fortuna in a race on Göta Kanal – live on TV. The race is broadcasted as a reality show. Same gangly canoer like 25 years ago also has a canoeing vacation on the canal when the race starts.
Who Pulled the Plug?
5.8/10
To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Sköna juveler
3/10
In a dystopian future two private detectives try to find a stolen bracelet.
Rally Chicks
5/10
Follows two girls living in Sweden in the 1960s who both dream about becoming rally drivers.
The Call-up
6.5/10
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Kronvittnet
5.1/10
A movie by Jon Lindström
One-Week Bachelors
5.3/10
Gary's wife going away and he drives her to the airport. Gary has planned a week of hard work but at the airport he met Lasse, and then becomes nothing that Gary had in mind. An unlikely friendship develops between the two, and Gary succeed in the week causing a car crash, losing one of Lasse's children, get involved in a robbery and even missed his own architectural exhibition in which he will hold the opening speech
Sverige åt svenskarna
3.8/10
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Who Pulled The Plug? 3
2.7/10
Kronofogden är återigen på besök hos Anderssons Båtvarv. Men denna gången är det lugnt, menar Janne Andersson. De sista båtmotorerna till Italien är levererade. När betalningen väl är i hamn, är varvet skuldfritt. Allt verkar ordna sig för Andersson.Dottern Petra kör turister i en gammal ångslup på Göta Kanal medan hon berättar myten om kanalbyggaren Baltzar von Platens hemlighet, och kanotisten Svante är ute på sin årliga tur på kanalen. Skall vi äntligen få veta vad han gör här år efter år?Men så slår den italienska maffian till. Det kommer inga pengar. Kronofogden jagar Andersson, men blir också själv jagad. Båtar sjunker, båtar exploderar, andra kör på land. Pengar kommer, pengar försvinner. Allt är som vanligt på Göta Kanal. Kommer Kanalkungens hemlighet att hjälpa de inblandade?
Who Loves Yngve Frej
7.2/10
A tragicomic story about rural extinction and the meeting between the local shoemaker Gustafsson and Pettersson from Stockholm.
Smugglarkungen
4.7/10
It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ruled by one man, who is the king of smugglers. The smugglers who work for him don't get to keep much of the profit themselves, but if they don't work for him, they get in trouble, which his henchmen make sure. However, Albert Jansson arrives in town and starts taking up the competition with the smuggler king. Meanwhile, the police, together the customs office, try to catch the smugglers.
Djävulens instrument
5.1/10
A jazz bassist who surveys a beautiful girl at a gig decides to try to get her home. But the devil is getting into the game too.
On Palm Leaves and Roses
6.6/10
Real estate broker Oskarsson visits a cabin deep in the woods. There he finds a bedridden and mute old woman who seems well cared for. There has recently been a fire in the stove, there is food in the fridge, but no trace of who cares for her.
Svindlande affärer
4.6/10
Gösta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planåker. But Gösta soon discovers that the car is a wreck. Planåker won't give him his money back, in fact he denies ever having seen Gösta. Gösta's brother Rolle is released from prison and promises to help him. They form an investment company, Parabola, and convinces Planåker to invest a lot of money in it. Planåker has a lot of shady business colleagues who also invest their money. Gösta's and Rolle's scam becomes much bigger than they had bargained for.
God Willing
6.1/10
After a couple of chance encounters the nightly meetings with Juli become the most important thing in Juan's life. God willing, fantasy can become reality.
All it Takes is a Miracle
5.5/10
He refuses to accept charity and he does his morning exercise, he makes a living collecting cans and exists without a home, personal number or social control. In itself quite an achievement in today’s Sweden. The film is about this man getting one last chance as he unexpectedly receives a large amount of money. About his path to reconciliation with the people he thinks he let down thirty years ago. It’s a journey filled with temptation and ambivalence. But also one about an important friendship with a young hitchhiking girl.
Anderssonskans Kalle
5.3/10
Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.
