by Jonathan Crow
synopsis
Filmmaker Agneta Fagerstrom-Olsson directs this road movie about a couple of down-and-out Swedes. Anders (Orjan Landstrom) is an over-the-hill boxer who sings country tunes for a buck. When he runs into his old boxing comrade Vladimir (Igor Chernevich), the opulently wealthy Russian offers him a job as a bodyguard in Murmansk. Soon, he and his fellow loser buddy Johnny (Reine Brynolfsson) hit the road. Once there, Anders quickly realizes that Vladimir is trafficking hot wheels and whores. Of course, this does not stop him from falling in love with radiantly beautiful hooker Maria (Ludmila Varfolomeyeva). This film won a shared first prize at the 2000 Gothenburg Film Festival.
