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Can You Die in Heaven? (2005)

Can You Die in Heaven? poster
Original title
Kan man dø i himlen
Directed by
Erlend E. Mo
Genre
children's film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
57 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An 11 year old boy copes with his father's suicide and his own bone cancer diagnosis. He and his family face grief and illness with honesty and humor.

poignantsadheartfeltcourageousgentleintimateserioushopeful

What happens

Kan man dø i himlen er en dansk børnefilm fra 2005 med instruktion og manuskript af Erlend E. Mo. Jonathan er 11 år og tænker mere over tingene, end de fleste af hans jævnaldrende. Da han var 8 år, begik hans far selvmord. Jonathan fik, som han selv udtrykker det, et kæmpechok, for faderen var ikke god til at tale om sine problemer. Ikke længe efter selvmordet, får Jonathan konstateret knoglekræft og må i gang med en langvarig sygdoms- og behandlingsperiode. Med mod, humor, livskraft og åbenhed, står Jonathan, hans mor og hans to brødre sammen om at arbejde sig igennem sorgen og sygdommen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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