English

Jalla! Jalla!

2000 · 93 min.

5 out of 8

Review

Machine-translated from Danish.

"Jalla! Jalla! is a fresh contemporary Swedish comedy that cheerfully and frankly deals with topical subjects, namely sex, immigrants and their culture, plus the eternal theme of love.

The film follows two friends' tribulations in life. One of them, Måns, has become impotent, and although his girlfriend Jenny is game for just about anything, there is no improvement. Måns' workmate Roro is a new Swede, and he too has his troubles, but not for the same reasons as his friend. Roro's problem is that his family are pressing him to marry a girl from the same culture as himself. They go so far as to try to arrange a marriage. The girl they have chosen, Yasmin, is actually very sweet and pretty too, but the problem is that Roro is in love with Lisa, a blonde Swedish girl.

The problems thus pile up for Måns and Roro, but in Jalla! Jalla! the problems resolve themselves, even if the film has to sacrifice the realistic tone that characterises much of the film.

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