Jena lives as if in two worlds. In one - she is a rebellious teenager who wants to try everything, in the other - the daughter of a mother with cancer and dying. Jena seeks herself and at the same time struggles with fear of her mother’s incurable disease.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Lisa Siwe
- Screenplay
- Linn Gottfridsson
- Cinematography
- Andréas Lennartsson
- Music
- Kalle Bäccman
- Cast
- Josefine Mattsson, Mika Berntsdotter Ahlén, Annika Hallin, Anki Lidén
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Lisa Siwe
Lisa Siwe was born in 1968 in Gothenburg and grew up in Stockholm. She graduated from the Stockholm Film Academy and the Film Directors program at the Swedish University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theater. The final film "Birthdays and Other Disasters" won the prize for the best film at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and was awarded at various other festivals.
