My Big Fat Father
1992, Swedish. Directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson.
My dad is normal, but only I understand.
Summer of 1959. 11-year old Osvald spend his summer holiday with his parents in the countryside of Södermanland. His father has promised to play soccer with him and get some exercise. He also promised the locals to teach the church choir an Argentine mass. The father has a slight alcohol problem, so will he be able to do it?
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Swedish
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kjell-Åke AnderssonDirector
- Nick BörjlindOsvald Nilsson
- Rolf LassgårdFritz Algot 'Tjaffo' Nilsson
- Ann PetrénVictoria Nilsson
- Gunilla RöörBirgitta
- Krister HenrikssonBertil
- Leif AndréeHogga
- Tomas NorströmVicar
- Halvar BjörkSunden
- Lena StrömdahlAunt
- Jimmy AlmströmLäppen
- Yvonne SchaloskePuddingen
- Bertil NorströmErik Davidsson
Details
- Released
- 23 November 1992
- Original title
- Min Store Tjocke Far
- Country
- Norway, Sweden
- Written by
- Kjell-Åke Andersson, Magnus Nilsson
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My Big Fat Father runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Who directed My Big Fat Father?
My Big Fat Father (1992) was directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson and stars Nick Börjlind, Rolf Lassgård, Ann Petrén.