Docking the Boat

A party of holidaymakers arrives at a small island. The only problem is getting the boat in to shore. It looks simple enough and it does not work. The islanders come to help; they cannot manage it either. Then an old sailor with a reputation for knowing about these things takes charge and matters get worse. The whole film turns around this one task, and each new attempt is more absurd than the last. Tage Danielsson directs this Swedish comedy, with Hans Alfredson, Monica Zetterlund, Gösta Ekman and Birgitta Andersson. It belongs to the work of the Hasse and Tage partnership. The humour is not in the event but in its unending repetition.