Summary
Little Tsatsiki, son of a single mother in Sweden, has never met his father, a Greek fisherman. Tsatsiki befriends a nice but straight-laced motorcycle policeman renting one of their rooms and decices he is the right guy for his mother, an amateur rock singer in love with her band's bass player.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 62
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.3/5
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for family movies
typical 9591Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1999
October 1, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
FamilyDramaLanguage
Swedish
Original language
Made in
- Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
and 5 more14 people
- Samuel HausTobias 'Tsatsiki' Johansson
- Alexandra RapaportMorsan, Tina
- Jacob ErickssonPolisen, Göran
- Jonas KarlssonNiklas
- GNGeorge NakasIannis, Tsatsiki's Father
- SKSam KesselPer Hammar
- IEIsa EngströmMaria Grynwall
- MHMarcus HasselborgMårten
- MHMaria HazellSara
- KLKasper LindströmWille
- Minken FosheimTeacher
- Maria BonnevieElin
- Helge JordalMårten's Father
- Henric HolmbergHead Master
Directing · 2
- Ella Lemhagen Director, Writer
- Tina Pettersson Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Ulf Stark Writer
- Moni Nilsson-Brännström Novel
Production · 1
- Anne Ingvar Producer
Camera · 1
- Anders Bohman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Bernhard Winkler Editor
Sound · 2
- Svenn Jakobsen Sound Designer
- Fredrik Berg Sound Editor
Art · 1
- Jack Van Domburg Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Moa Li Lemhagen Schalin Costume Design
- Elisabeth Bukkehave Makeup Artist
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The Tsatsiki series
Film 1 of 3 · then Tsatsiki: Friends Forever
- Tsatsiki (1999)
GoodWatch score 61You're here
- Tsatsiki: Friends Forever (2001)
GoodWatch score 50Film 2
- Tsatsiki, Dad and the Olive War (2015)
GoodWatch score 51Film 3
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