G - 21 scener fra Gottsunda

Gottsunda is listed as one of Europe’s most drug infested areas and considered one of Sweden’s most
dangerous areas, a so called ‘no-go-zone’. But behind the media and the politicians’ narrow reflection
of the area there is us; the people that live here. “G” offers an unfiltered glimpse into our everyday life
of conflict, community, fraternity and exclusion.
Loran is an aspiring filmmaker and is striving to move from Gottsunda and start his career but he is
hesitant to leave his childhood friends behind, the only people that truly understands him. As the film
progresses the friction between Loran and his friends grows stronger. They are active criminals while
Loran has chosen another path for himself.
Through interviews with some of Gottsunda’s 1970’s and 1980’s born (the older generation), the
audience gets a sense of how it once was back when the community was at its strongest. That is to say
before the shootings derailed society. And perhaps, most importantly, when everything started to
change for real. When they lost their very first brother. They talk about crime and how it was in their
time. It was them against the system, not against each other. The more the director investigates the
history of the older generation, the more he gets to know himself and understand his own legacy as a
child from Gottsunda.
The audience gets a glimpse of the director’s everyday life at home in Gottsunda with his friends, his
crew. At the same time we get to learn about his inner-conflict, that he no longer feels included by the
community after having been away from Gottsunda for over two years. Over time, outside of the
bubble he has managed to grow, while his friends dove deeper into their world. The gap between him
and his friends and the different paths they’ve cho¬sen in life has grown. He is in a difficult position
and is compelled to finish the film in a world where he no longer fits in. Will he be forced to go back
to his old behavioral patterns, in order to be accepted by the community? If he does, he surely puts his
future at stake.