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Glasblåsarns barn (1998)

Glasblåsarns barn poster
Directed by
Anders Grönros
Genre
drama film, family film, children's film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
7
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small Swedish town, the children of a poor glassblower are taken by a mysterious and wealthy woman. The film follows their unsettling experiences in her strange household.

melancholicwhimsicaldreamlikequietgently tensedarkly fairy-tale-likesombermysterious

What happens

The Glassblower's Children (Swedish: Glasblåsarns barn) is a Swedish film, first intended to open on 25 December 1996, but ending up released to cinemas in Sweden on 27 February 1998, directed by Anders Grönros. It is based on the novel with the same name by Maria Gripe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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