- The first entry in a series of films about the lives of social misfits Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson and Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson.
- The first in Stefan Jarl's Mods Trilogy, the film documents the life of two teenagers, Kenta and Stoffe. With interviews from the two boys and their friends about their hedonistic lifestyle, and what their future holds, the film explores the highs and lows of mod life in 1960s Stockholm, Sweden.—thepooloflust
- The film is an uncompromising account of the life of two alienated teenagers, Kenneth "Kenta" Gustafsson (1948-2003) and Gustav "Stoffe" Svensson (1950-1978). The film takes a close but non-moralizing look at the joys and growing pains of mod and 'junkie' street culture in Stockholm at the time.
The film begins with an interview with Tompa, a friend of Kenta and Stoffe. He tells how he grew up in orphanages and juvenile prisons. He says that freedom hardly exists for him. But one thing is he sure of, the time he spent with Kenta and Stoffe and the other mods were the most enjoyable time of his life. The interview cuts to Kenta and Stoffe running through the streets of Stockholm filmed with a fisheye lens. Later we see them walking around at the subway station T-Centralen in Stockholm. They meet friends and go around begging people for food, beer and cigarettes. The workers who are passing by get ridiculed by Kenta and Stoffe.
Another friend of the guys, Jojje, talks about how alcohol will destroy them in time. But that he doesn't worry much about it right now. The filmmakers have fixed and rented out a small apartment for Kenta and Stoffe to live in, which is a big difference for the guys who previously slept outdoors or at others. Kenta and Stoffe talk about their childhood. Stoffe's father drank himself broke and died in a hospital from alcohol poisoning. Kenta's father was abusive and tried to strangle him with a tie. But Stoffe also remembers that he thought it was fun to play at home when he was little. We see the two guys go to "4:an", a club for young people. Stoffe likes to be with many girls, but tells Eva, who he has sex with, that he wants her for himself. Kenta and Stoffe make a musical performance, where they play a song by The Zombies.
It is now winter and a trip to Hedemora in Dalarna undertaken in the company of Hasse. They plan to visit Stoffe's childhood friend Ingmar. On the train they drink beer, smoke pot and make jokes. The mood is high. But they can't stay in Hedemora, the difference from Stockholm is too big, because Stoffe thinks nothing happens in Hedemora.
In Stockholm there is Peter, who earns 400 kronor a day by selling drugs, and Lunkan who got hepatitis from an infected hypodermic syringe. It's summer and Kenta and Stoffe are still not working and have nowhere to live. Their friendship is being worn down. Kenta doesn't think Stoffe is a good friend anymore. Not since he started seeing Eva. One night the guys goes searching for empty stairwells to stay in, but they start arguing and Stoffe leaves. Kenta finds an empty stairwell and lays himself down, opens up a beer and starts reading a cartoon magazine. The same night Stoffe gets taken care of by the police when he gets arrested.
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