The Girl (11+)

Director:
Fredrik Edfeldt

In a lonely house on the countryside a ten year old girl takes her first steps from childhood into the world of grown-ups. The girl has to spend her summer with her bohemian aunt when her parents go to Africa to work with an aid project. But the aunt isn’t reliable and when she goes off sailing with a man she has met, the girl decides to take care of herself. A tragic and humorous journey starts, a journey that will put the girl through many tests. Through her neighbours and occasional visitors to the house she meets an absurd and insensitive grown-up world. Losing contact with reality, she becomes more and more withdrawn from the outside world, yet manages to find some relief in her own world of books, dreams, pictures and experiments.

Awards & Festivals: Audience Award, City of Athens Award - Atena 2009, Best Debut Film - Honorable Mention, Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Mention (Berlin 2009)

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Director:
Fredrik Edfeldt
Cast:
Blanca Engström
Shanti Roney
Annika Hallin
Calle Lindqvist
Tova Magnusson-Norling
Leif Andrée
Ia Langhammer
Emma Wigfeldt
Michelle Vistam
Country:
Suedia
Running time:
12h:00m
Section:
TIFF Edition:
2010

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