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Sweden, 1940. Simon, the adopted son of a working-class couple, finds it difficult to cope with his father's strict discipline. After being accepted to the best school in town, he meets Isak, the son of wealthy German-Jewish refugees. When the Nazis invade Denmark and Norway and the Swedish army is called to its borders, Simon's mother decides to invite Isak to be their guest. Thus, while Simon distances himself from his family and finds shared interests with Isak's father, Isak undergoes the parallel experience, finding a father figure in Simon's father. This period drama by Lisa Ohlin is based upon the...

results.listIds.director : Lisa Ohlin

results.listIds.year : 2011

results.listIds.duration : 122

results.listIds.lang : Swedish