Slim Susie is a 2003

2003 in film

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 Swedish

Cinema of Sweden

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 comedy

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 crime

Crime film

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 film. It was directed by Ulf Malmros and written by Malmros and Petteri Nuottimäki.

Plot

The film is set in a small industrial town in the Swedish province of Värmland

Värmland

' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...

, where a young man returns from the big city to investigate the sudden disappearance of his sister. Initially meeting little success with his inquiries, performed through the rekindling of brief acquintances with the very odd characters of an earlier life, he begins to form a picture of what has happened.

Cast

Most of the actors are amateurs, with Tuva Novotny and Kjell Bergqvist being the only ones of greater notoriety.

• Tuva Novotny
  Tuva Novotny
  Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström , simply known as Tuva Novotny, is a Swedish actress and singer. She was born in Stockholm but grew up in Åmot outside Arvika. Tuva is the daughter of Czech movie director David Novotny and actress Barbro Hedström. She is currently living in Copenhagen in...
  
   as Smala Sussie, the sister of Erik
• Jonas Rimeika as Erik, who moved away to Stockholm
  Stockholm
  Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
  
   3 years prior to the plot.
• Björn Starrin as Grits Pölsa, a wheeler and dealer interested in film making
• Kjell Bergqvist
  Kjell Bergqvist
  Kjell Bergqvist , born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County; Swedish actor.Bergqvist finished Dramatens elevskola in 1973 and made his debut in En enkel melodi and Jack. He has since cooperated for many years with scriptwriter and director Ulf Malmros...
  
   as Billy Davidsson, a local policeman
• Malin Morgan as Sandra, working in the pizzeria
• Lotta Tejle as Gudrun, Sussies coworker and a disgruntled wife
• Michael Nyqvist
  Michael Nyqvist
  Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as...
  
   as Mörka Rösten ("the dark voice")
• Lena Dahlman as Gerd, proprietor of the VCR cassette rental
• Johan Andersson as Micke Tretton (cf. The Piranha brothers in Monty Python
  Monty Python
  Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
  
  's Flying Circus)
• Anders Blomberg as Tore Tumör, the single father of a baby and mute; previously operated on because of a brain tumor
• Nicky Horn as Davidssons fru, the policeman's wife
• Bengt Alsterlind as Gunnar, the husband of disgruntled Gudrun
• Lena Wallman-Alster as Eriks mamma, an alcoholic
• Rolf H. Karlsson as Biografmaskinisten
• Olle Wirenhed as Konsumägaren Ralf

Soundtrack

• "Dirty And Cheap" Performed by Randy
  Randy (band)
  Randy is a punk rock band from Hortlax, Sweden, formed in 1992. They were first inspired by skate punk bands like NOFX and Propagandhi but after the release of The Rest Is Silence and the depart of their bass player Patrik Trydvall, they radically changed their musical style and adopted an older...
  
  
• "No Right" Performed by Whyte Seeds
• "Billy The Coach" Performed by Leif Karate
• "Newfound Lover" Performed by Tuva Novotny
  Tuva Novotny
  Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström , simply known as Tuva Novotny, is a Swedish actress and singer. She was born in Stockholm but grew up in Åmot outside Arvika. Tuva is the daughter of Czech movie director David Novotny and actress Barbro Hedström. She is currently living in Copenhagen in...
  
  
• "Stupid" Performed by Camela Leierth
• "Palace Station" Performed by Melody Club
  Melody Club
  Melody Club is a Swedish pop/synth rock band from Växjö formed in January 2000. Their break-through came in 2002 with the song Palace Station, which was also a big success in Germany. The band has frequent radio airplay in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Norway and Denmark.Melody Club's style can be...
  
  
• "Notes About Freedom" Performed by The Act
• "Live It Up" Performed by Papa Dee
  Papa Dee
  David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren , better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician...
  
  
• "X-Ray Eyes" Performed by Randy
  Randy (band)
  Randy is a punk rock band from Hortlax, Sweden, formed in 1992. They were first inspired by skate punk bands like NOFX and Propagandhi but after the release of The Rest Is Silence and the depart of their bass player Patrik Trydvall, they radically changed their musical style and adopted an older...
  
  
• "Hip Teens" Performed by Frank Popp Ensemble
• "Slow Motions" Performed by Whyte Seeds
• "Say Oh Say" Performed by Isolation Years
• "No Place Like Home" Performed by Moses
• "In The Healing Rain" Performed by Travellers In Time
• "Perpetuum Mobile" Performed by The Penguin Café Orchestra