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Repmånad (1979)

Repmånad poster
Original title
Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män
Directed by
Peter Hald, Lasse Åberg
Genre
comedy film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
7
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends who served in the Swedish army together are called back for a refresher exercise. They reunite and go through the routines and mishaps of military life again.

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What happens

Repmånad is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 February 1979, directed by Lasse Åberg. The plot revolves around a group of men called in for refresher exercise (known as "repmånad" in Swedish, hence the title) in the Swedish Army, and who did their national service together some years earlier. The alternative name is "How to make boys out of men (Swedish:hur man gör pojkar av män), a joke on the military motto "We make men out of boys". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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