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The Garbage Helicopter (Swedish: Sophelikoptern) is a 2016 Swedish black-and-white road movie written and directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén [sv]. Starring Christopher Burjanski, Daniel Szoppe, Jessica Szoppe, and Singoalla Millon, the film follows three Roma siblings who set out on a road trip across Sweden to deliver an old wall clock to their ailing grandmother.

The film premiered on 27 May 2016.

The film was nominated for four awards at the 52nd Guldbagge Awards and won Best Original Score.

Plot

The film follows three Roma siblings — Baki, Saska, and Enesa — who set out on a road trip across Sweden to deliver an old wall clock to their ailing grandmother.

They stop at the world's largest cheese scoop along the journey.

The siblings are carjacked by a group of masked art thieves fleeing from a heist.

The journey ends when the siblings finally arrive at their grandmother's house and find her lying on the floor with a broken leg.

Cast

• Christopher Burjanski as Baki
• Daniel Szoppe as Saska
• Jessica Szoppe as Enesa
• Singoalla Millon as Sirpa

Production

It was filmed in Harads in Norrbotten County, Sweden.

The film was written and directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén [sv]. Augustsén chose to film in black-and-white to avoid exoticism.

Release

The Garbage Helicopter premiered on 27 May 2016 in Sweden.

Reception

Composer Jan Sandström was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Sound for the music for the film.

In his review for Länstidningen Östersund [sv], Karin Svensson wrote that "the basic plot is simple, but the film is complex".

Jeanette Gentele reviewed the film for Svenska Dagbladet.

Accolades

References

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3. Dalton, Stephen (22 October 2015). "'The Garbage Helicopter' ('Sophelikoptern'): London Review". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
4. Dahlman, Elin (12 October 2023). "På drift genom Sverige" [Drifting through Sweden]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). ISSN 1103-9345. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
5. "Sophelikoptern". Art & Bob. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
6. Svensson, Karin (26 May 2016). "Recension: Premiär för Sophelikoptern – många jämtar i filmteamet" [Review: Premiere of The Garbage Helicopter – many giants in the film crew]. Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). ISSN 1103-9647. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
7. Gentele, Jeanette (26 May 2016). "Sophelikoptern: Anarkistisk roadtripp blottar svensk självbild" [The Garbage Helicopter: Anarchist road trip exposes Swedish self-image]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
8. "2016 års Guldbaggenomineringar!" [2016 Guldbagge nominations!] (in Swedish). Guldbagge Awards. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
9. Folcker, Sebastian (23 January 2017). "De blev årets vinnare" [They were this year's winners]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

External links

• The Garbage Helicopter at IMDb 
• The Garbage Helicopter at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Garbage Helicopter at Letterboxd
• The Garbage Helicopter at AllMovie

• 2016 films
• 2010s road movies
• 2010s Swedish films
• 2010s Swedish-language films
• Films set in Norrbotten
• Swedish black-and-white films