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Simon & the Oaks (2011)
Directed by Lisa Ohlin
Overview
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden’s Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he’s an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.
Length 122 minutes
Actors
Bill Skarsgård | Helen Sjöholm | Jan Josef Liefers | Katharina Schüttler | Stefan Gödicke | Jonatan S. Wächter | Karl Martin Eriksson | Karl Linnertorp | Erica Löfgren | Josefin Neldén | Lena Nylén | Cecilia Nilsson | Pär Brundin | Frederik Nilsson | Iwar Wiklander | Raphaël Björkroth | Isak Cederberg | Per Holtstrand | Dellie Kamijo | Tom Lidgard | Johan Nordahl | Marcus Standoft | Hanna Hedin Hillberg