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Dragen (1996)

Dragen poster
Directed by
Annette Riisager
Genre
short film, children's film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
21 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 9-year-old boy named Niels stays with his mother at a summer house, mostly keeping to himself and building a model ship in a shed. He meets a slightly older girl named Eva who wants to play games and pretend to be his girlfriend, which makes him nervous.

gentlequietreflectivechildliketendersubtleslow-pacedmelancholic

What happens

Dragen er en dansk børnefilm fra 1996 instrueret af Annette Riisager og efter manuskript af Anne-Marie Mosbech. 9-årige Niels er alene med sin mor i et sommerhus. Helst sidder han verdensfjern for sig selv i et skur og bygger et modelskib. Men den forsigtige dreng møder en dag den lidt ældre dominerende Eva, der tiltrækker ham ved sin charme og sine underlige lege. Hun vil lege "kæreste", og hun vil lokke til kysseri, men Niels er i mere end én forstand bange for det dybe vand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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