| Sirup | |
| Director: | Helle Ryslinge |
| Music: | Peer Raben |
| Cinematography: | Dirk Brüel |
| Country: | Denmark |
Sirup is a 1990 Danish drama film written and directed by Helle Ryslinge.[1] It was entered into the main competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.[2]
Lasse Jager, a salesman at a Danish convenience store, decides to move to the fictional village of Raker, Minnesota, home to a large Danish diaspora. Lasse meets and marries an American woman, and returns with her to Denmark. However, unbeknownst to him, they are filming a sitcom called "Sirup" in the convenience store he works at, which parodies the store's workers - including him. Lasse must decide if he wants to star in the sitcom as an actor, or take it to the police, while also having to deal with a man who is a regular at the store, but later finds out that he is a rapist who escaped from prison.