Children's Island (1980)

Original title

Barnens ö

Directed by

Kay Pollak

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy spends a summer at a camp for children who cannot go home for the holidays. He navigates friendships and his own secrets while the adults around him handle their own struggles.

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What happens

Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980, co-written and directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979. It won Sweden's most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden's official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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