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Åndssvage Sara (1973)

Åndssvage Sara poster
Directed by
Jon Bang Carlsen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
31 min

How it feels

This documentary follows four-year-old Sara, who has a severe intellectual disability, living at home with her parents and younger sister. It shows the family's daily life as they care for her themselves, against medical advice to place her in an institution.

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What happens

Åndssvage Sara er en film instrueret af Jon Bang Carlsen efter manuskript af Jon Bang Carlsen. En film om Sara, 4 år og dybt åndssvag, som bor sammen med sine forældre og en lillesøster. Sara kom ikke på institution, fordi forældrene besluttede, at det måtte være muligt at leve sammen med barnet i hverdagen, på trods af at lægerne advarede dem om, at det ville ødelægge deres liv, hvis ikke de anbragte barnet på institution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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