Stockholm Boogie

Jerka is out on the town with his cousin and best friend, the bad-boy hipster Hoffe, who is determined to show him a good time in celebration of Jerker’s break-up with his long-time girlfriend Therese, or Terrorese as she is known for her temperament. Though Jerker claims that he has only taken a little time-out from their relationship, Hoffe resolves to do his bit to make the break up permanent by finding him a woman for the evening.

It’s a beautiful Swedish summer night, a time of endless possibilities when the sun never really sets, bathing Stockholm in a rich and magical twilight. The city is teaming with giddy young partygoers, eager to make the most of the short summer before the long winter takes hold once more. It is against this backdrop that Hoffe and Jerker meet the venturesome beauty Natalie, who joins them on a night-time escapade across the happening island of Söder.

True to her nickname, Terrorese, who has gotten wind of Jerker having been seen in the company of an attractive girl, sets off in furious pursuit, determined to patch things up, or, barring that, make sure Jerker lives to regret this night. She meets Josef, a good-hearted but awkwardly timid muscle car buff with a hidden artistic talent, and at first takes advantage of his obvious attraction to her to get him to drive her around in search of Jerker.

As the night wears on, Hoffe and Jerker’s friendship comes under strain as they both develop feelings for Natalie while frantically trying to evade Terrorese’s ever more frenzied attempts to track them down. Though in the dark about what is really going on, Josef, touched by Therese’s vulnerable desperation, becomes increasingly protective of her as he goes to ever-greater lengths in aid of her pursuit.

The night crescendos to a tumultuous climax that severely tests the bonds of all their relationships, old as well as new, breaking some and strengthening others as everyone is forced to take a closer look at what it is they really feel and for whom. And as calm returns with the dawning of a new day everyone has found their place and all is put right once more.