Ben & Gunnar: A Small Film About Male Friendship

1999 0h 58m SV

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 17

DramaComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

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Ben and Gunnar meet during a carpool from Stockholm to Göteborg in the summer of 1985 where they are attending a concert with Bruce Springsteen at Ullevi.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Robert Gustafsson
Ben
Johan Rheborg
Gunnar
Jonas Inde
Cecilia Frode
Sara Key
Karin Weywadt
Lotta Beling
Henrik Schyffert

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writers: Johan Rheborg, Andres Lokko, Martin Luuk
Languages: Swedish
Countries: Sweden

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RUNTIME

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Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Four small films" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomas Alfredson, shot by Leif Benjour. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Bengt Johansen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robert Gustafsson and Johan Rheborg and Jonas Inde carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1292598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomas Alfredson directs. Leif Benjour behind the camera. Bengt Johansen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Sweden. Dialogue in Swedish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Four small films" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Tomas Alfredson, shot by Leif Benjour. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Bengt Johansen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Gustafsson and Johan Rheborg and Jonas Inde carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1292598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Leif Benjour
Editing: Bengt Johansen
Production design: Jonas Samuelsson
Costume design: Ann Bonander-Looft
Makeup / hair: Horst Stadlinger
Runtime: 58 min · 0h 58m
Status: Released
Original language: SV
IMDB: Ben & Gunnar: A Small Film About Male Friendship (1999)

Part of

Four small films

Four Small Films is a series of TV movies in four parts produced by Killinggänget, which aired in the spring of 1999. The black humor expressed in these films can be seen as a transition from the lighthearted tone of NileCity 105.6 and Percy Tårar to the gravely serious tone of Four Shades of Brown. Of the four films, only Torsk på Tallinn has been released for purchase. The others were never released due to music rights. SVT (as of 2022) airs all the films on SVT Play except for Gunnar Rehlin - a short film about harming someone since they lack the rights to show it.