Underplayed Gems

The Guerilla Son (2011)

The Guerilla Son poster
Original title
Gerillasonen
Directed by
David Herdies
Genre
documentary film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 12m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man who was sent to Sweden alone as a five-year-old by his guerrilla fighter father now prepares to become a parent himself. He travels to confront his father about the past and what happened between them.

introspectivepoignantreflectiveearnestsoberpersonalquietly tenseemotional

What happens

Gerillasonen är en svensk-norsk dokumentärfilm från 2011 med regi och manus av David Herdies och Zanyar Adami. Filmen skildrar en gerillakrigare som skickar sin femårige son ensam till Sverige. 23 år senare ska sonen själv bli far och konfronterar sin far om det förflutna. Den premiärvisades 7 oktober 2011 på Bio Rio i Stockholm och visades samma år på Uppsala kortfilmsfestival. 2012 blev filmen nominerad till Prix Europa Iris på Prix Europa och spelades även upp på Sveriges Television. Gerillasonen fick ett hedersomnämnande vid Nordisk Panorama i Danmark 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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