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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - 15.22 July

Sections & Films

TSATSIKI, MUM AND THE POLICEMAN

Category: Edition 2000

Synopsis
Tsatsiki, 8, lives in Stockholm with his mother Tina. He never met his father, a Greek polyp fisherman who does not even know he has a son. Tsatsiki dreams of going to Greece and getting to know him. Tina plays guitar in a group and dreams of becoming a rockstar. When the woman rents a room in Göran, a policeman, he and Tsatsiki immediately become friends. Göran loves to dance and dreams of love. Finally in the Tsatsiki world there is also her classmate, Per, and Maria, her secret love. All their dreams will come true, but perhaps not in the way they expect.

Original Title Tsatsiki, mörsan och polisen
Italian Title Un sogno realizzato
Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 91'
Production Year 1999
Nationality Sweden
Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Screenplay Ulf Stark
Main cast Samuel Haus, Alexandra Rapaport, Jacob Ericksson, Jonas Karlsson

 regista Ella LemhagenELLA LEMHAGEN

Ella Lemhagen studied directing at Dramatiska Institutet 1989-92. She made her debut as a feature film director in 1996 with the highly praised Drömprinsen - filmen om Em/The Prince of Dreams, for which she also wrote the original screenplay. Ella has had great national and international success with her films. Her 1999 feature Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen/Tsatsiki, Mum and the Policeman, is one of the most popular contemporary Swedish children- and youth oriented films of all time.