Lea grows up in a home in which she is given no protection. From being a cheerful, curious little girl, Lea sees her life brutally change when her mother returns to her ex-husband Ole. The death dance between the two adults damages the child growing up between them. Lea turns to inebriation in order to cope with everyday life in her family. Then Lea gives birth to her daughter Sonja. She wants to make a clean break with her family and start a new life. She wants to take care of her child, provide her with the protection she herself was deprived of. But Lea soon realizes she is lacking this ability, and consequently has to make an impossible decision.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 37 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, Norway, Finland, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Margreth Olin
- Screenplay
- Margreth Olin
- Cinematography
- Kim Hiorthøy
- Music
- Thomas Robsahm
- Cast
- t Maria Bonnevie, Gunilla Röör, Antti Reini, Börje Ahlstedt, Helene Michelsen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Discovery program
- Best Supporting Actress.
Director
Margreth Olin
Margreth Olin was born in 1970, Norway. She is a graduate of the Volda College and has written and directed several prize-winning documentaries and one short fiction film. Her first and only fiction is „Gluttony“ (2000). Lithuanian viewers had an opportunity to see her film „My Body“ (2002) and „Raw Youth“ (2004).
