Becoming Astrid (2018)
- Original title
- Unga Astrid
- Directed by
- Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Genre
- historical film, biographical drama film
- Country
- Denmark, Sweden
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 176 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows the early life of Astrid Lindgren, the Swedish author of Pippi Longstocking. It shows her as a young woman facing personal challenges and societal pressures before she became a famous writer.
tendersomberbittersweetintrospectiveearnestleisurelyemotionally chargedperiod-tinged
What happens
Becoming Astrid (Swedish: Unga Astrid, Danish: Unge Astrid) is a 2018 biographical drama film about the early life of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. An international co-production between Sweden and Denmark, the film is directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, from a screenplay co-written by Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson, and stars Alba August and Maria Fahl Vikander as young and elder incarnations of Lindgren, alongside Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen and Björn Gustafsson. The film premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on 21 February 2018, and was theatrically released in Sweden on 14 September of the same year, as well as in Denmark on 31 January 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Astrid Lindgrens Småland (1990)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.