Eddie og Suzanne
Encyclopedia
Eddie og Suzanne is a 1975 Norwegian
drama film
written and directed by Arild Kristo, starring Sverre Horge
and Yvonne Sparrbåge. The film, a road movie
inspired by such films as Bonnie and Clyde
and Easy Rider
, has been called a "modernist classic" of Norwegian cinema.
Eddie (Horge) is a young Norwegian man who has recently been released from prison, and moves to Sweden to start a new life. At a disco, he meets Suzanne (Sparrbåge) and the two fall in love. Suzanne's father, however, is a tyrannical policeman who tries to put an end to the relationship, so the two elope to France.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Arild Kristo, starring Sverre Horge
Sverre Horge
Sverre Horge is a Norwegian actor. He has acted in many Norwegian films and TV series. He is best known for playing the role of Sverre in the popular Norwegian Christmas series Nissene på Låven on ....
and Yvonne Sparrbåge. The film, a road movie
Road movie
A road movie is a film genre in which the main character or characters leave home to travel from place to place. They usually leave home to escape their current lives.-History:...
inspired by such films as Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde (film)
The film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the best-known director of the New Wave movement, who made contributions to the script. He passed on the project to make Fahrenheit 451. The producers approached Jean-Luc Godard next...
and Easy Rider
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
, has been called a "modernist classic" of Norwegian cinema.
Eddie (Horge) is a young Norwegian man who has recently been released from prison, and moves to Sweden to start a new life. At a disco, he meets Suzanne (Sparrbåge) and the two fall in love. Suzanne's father, however, is a tyrannical policeman who tries to put an end to the relationship, so the two elope to France.
External links
- Eddie og Suzanne at the Norwegian Film Institute