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The Girl (2009)

The Girl poster
Original title
Flickan
Directed by
Fredrik Edfeldt
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Swedish film follows a young girl in 1981 whose parents and brother leave her alone at their countryside home to go on a charity trip to Africa. She must figure out how to take care of herself while waiting for them to return.

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What happens

The Girl (Swedish: Flickan) is a 2009 drama film from Sweden directed by Fredrik Edfeldt and written by Karin Arrhenius. It tells the story of a little girl (played by Blanca Engström) left alone at her home in 1981, while her parents and brother are on a trip to Sub-Saharan Africa to do charitable work. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. It won the 2010 Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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