In a Swedish village, a ten-year-old girl is taking her first steps into the adult world. Her parents go to Africa (to save the world) and leave their daughter to be cared for by aunts. However, this task is too difficult for her - she cares about alcohol for days, and one evening she goes on a yacht with a friend and does not return. The sometimes tragic and sometimes gently funny and very sincere journey of the girl begins. A journey with many challenges.
“Some movie, you just try to do your best, so you don’t even think what kind of people will watch that movie. Now that the film is over, it’s more like a movie about kids for me, but for adults. But I will be very happy if the young people also look at it, because in the end I tried to tell something about the child's life, "said director Fredrik Edfeldt.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 38 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Fredrik Edfeldt
- Screenplay
- Karin Arrhenius
- Cinematography
- Hoyte Van Hoytema
- Music
- Dan Berridge
- Cast
- Blanca Engström, Shanti Roney, Annika Hallin, Tova Magnusson
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition East of the West.
- publikos prizas
Director
Fredrik Edfeldt
Fredrik Edfeldt was born in 1972 in Sweden. He studied film theory and mass communication at Stockholm University and film production at the Stockholm Film Academy. He also worked for Swedish television. "Girl" is the director's first feature film.
