We are the Swedish Film Program at the Swedish American Museum in the lovely Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. We aim to show the best of contemporary Swedish cinema in a fun environment with great people. All movies are in Swedish with English Subtitles projected from DVD onto a 11' screen. Be sure to come early and stay after to talk movies or anything else over refreshments and popcorn!
Please note that the date is Sunday, January 27 (not 28). I used my new Swedish calendar I got for Xmas and they, of course, start the week on a Monday, not a Sunday. My bad.
- KOPPS
- Sweden, 2003 / 87min.
- Directed by Josef Fares
- SUNDAY LATE MATINEE
- JANUARY 27TH 2008
- SHOW UP 5ISH
- SHOWTIME 5:30
Join us Sunday, January 27, 2008, when we show the small-town police comedy "Kopps" by Josef Fares at the Swedish American Museum. This movie is hilarious, hands down, and one of the best movies to come out of Sweden this decade. Fares has scored numerous great movies using rather varied styles and subject matter, and this time around he focuses on pure comedy. Here's a summary from written by a reviewer at from IMDB.com:
"Police officer Benny is obsessed with American police cliches and livens up his own boring everyday life with dreams of duels with bad guys. But poor Benny and his colleagues doesn't have much to do in the small town of Högboträsk. Most of their days are spent drinking coffee, eating sausage waffles and chasing down stray cows. Peace and quiet is the dream of every politician, but for the Swedish authorities, the lack of crooks is reason to close the local police station. When the cops investigate a suspected act of vandalism, they realise that they themselves may be able to raise the crime statistics high enough to stay in business." (Source: www.imdb.com)
We ask for a $5 donation at the door ($3 for museum members). There will be a drinks and popcorn available before and during the show. And feel free to make an evening of it by doing dinner afterwards at one of the many highly-praised restaurants avialable in the Andersonville neighborhood! ;)
Get directions and other info here.