Cinema
Them and Us
Lasse & Geir
Synopsis
Lasse and Geir, in late adolescence, live in Bogerud, a satellite town in the south of Oslo, without work, school or purpose, in revolt against the established society. After a day of stolen beer and a scene on a bus, they spend the night in a cell. Nothing awaits them at home: Geir finds an alcoholic mother, and Lasse, after a clash with a tyrannical father, is thrown out. The two boys then wander through Oslo, living on petty thefts, until they meet a taxi driver who seems to understand them.
Context
The film, released on 4 March 1976, is the first that Svend Wam, author of the screenplay, and Petter Vennerød signed together. The idea came to Wam on seeing the police take two drunk young men off a bus, and the two leading roles were filled through an advertisement in Dagbladet, which asked candidates only to be “in opposition to society”. Torgeir Schjerven and Lasse Tømte play them. The film received the Norwegian critics' prize in 1977.
Who it is for
About an hour and a half, in Norwegian, for those who want to see without disguise the reverse side of Norwegian prosperity in the 1970s.
Prizes and reception
Awarded in 1977 by the Norwegian film critics; it opens the collaboration between the two directors, which lasted fourteen films.
Sources for this page 3
The pages consulted to check this page.