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Frederikke (2007)

Frederikke poster
Directed by
Heidi Maria Faisst
Genre
children's film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
20 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 9-year-old girl is dropped off for a weekend with her mother. She is excited, but things do not go as expected. Her mother has a new boyfriend who has taken over her room. The mother and her boyfriend argue, and the girl is left on her own. She plays with her dog and makes a surprise for her mother, but the mother does not react the way she hoped. The girl loses her enthusiasm and calls her father to pick her up.

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What happens

Frederikke er en dansk børnefilm fra 2007 med instruktion og manuskript af Heidi Maria Faisst. Frederikke på 9 år bliver afleveret af sin far: Hun skal på weekend hos sin mor. Frederikke glæder sig, men weekenden går ikke helt, som hun har forventet. Moren har fået en ny kæreste, og hans ting fylder hele Frederikkes værelse. Der er ikke rigtigt plads til Frederikke nogen steder. Moren og kæresten skændes, og Frederikke er overladt helt til sig selv. Heldigvis kan hun lege med hunden Nielsen og sammen laver de en overraskelse til Frederikkes mor. Men moren bliver ikke så glædeligt overrasket, som Frederikke havde håbet. Frederikke mister helt lysten til at være på weekend hos sin mor og ringer efter sin far. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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