Summaries

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

Details

Keywords
  • family relationships
  • friendship
  • immigrant
  • porn magazine
  • sunflower
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Dec 9, 2010
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Finland Denmark Sweden
Official sites Official site
Language Swedish Finnish
Filming locations Sweden
Production companies Blind Spot Pictures Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning Kamoli Films

Box office

Budget $3000000
Gross worldwide $5796679

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 39m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

A poignant story, told with sincerity and humor, about a young woman´s dramatic childhood and about her grief and the struggle to move on.

Noomi Rapace plays the main character in her first feature after the success with the Millennium trilogy and she plays opposite her husband, actor Ola Rapace.

Award winning actress Pernilla August makes her directorial debut with her take on the bestselling novel Svinalängorna by Susanna Alakoski.

In other main roles we see rising star Tehilla Blad and the Finnish acclaimed actors, Ville Virtanen and Outi Mäenpää.

A morning just before Christmas, Leena, 34, receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to let go of her grief over her lost and dark childhood. She is now forced to deal with her past to be able to move on.

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