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Simon and the Oaks

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Original title

Simon och ekarna

Year

2011

Running time

122 min.

Country

Sweden

Director

Lisa Ohlin

Screenwriter

Marnie Blok, Lisa Ohlin. Novel: Marianne Fredriksson

Cast

Music

Annette Focks

Cinematography

Dan Laustsen

Producer

Co-production Sweden-Germany-Norway-Denmark;

Götafilm, Filmkameratene A/S, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv

Genre

Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. 1940s. II World War. Nazism

Synopsis

Two boys come of age in Sweden during World War II. Simon (Bill Skarsgård), growing up in a working-class family on the outskirts of Gothenburg during World War II. He is very talented and always felt different and an outsider. Against his parents' approval, he seeks to schools and education as a working kid normally not attend. There he meets Isaac (Karl Linnertorp), the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who fled persecution in Nazi Germany. The two boys and their families' lives are interwoven while war rages in Europe.

Awards: 2011: Guldbagge Awards: Best Supp. Actor (Liefers) & Supp. Actress (Nilsson). 13 Nom.

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Simon and the Oaks

2011

Lisa Ohlin

6.5

(51)