Simon and the Oaks

OT: Simon och ekarna

Lisa Ohlin // Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, 2011
Fiction Feature // FF2011

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Story

Simon has had a loving childhood, but still feels alien in the working class neighbourhoods of 1940’s Gothenburg. Against his parents’ will the intellectually gifted boy turns to an education otherwise reserved for young men of academic heritage. There he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who has fled the German persecutions. The boys and their families’ lives will interconnect in unexpected ways as the war rages all over Europe.

Director

Lisa Ohlin (*1960) studied film science in New York. She works as a director for cinema and TV and was a consultant for the Swedish Film Institute.

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Info

Original title: Simon och ekarna

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: German, Swedish

Section: Nordlichter//FF2011

Production country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands

Produced: 2011

Runtime: 120 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Lisa Ohlin

Screenplay: Marnie Blok

Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Gödicke, Katharina Schüttler

Producer: Christer Nilson, Per Holst, Steffen Reuter, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Patrick Knippel, Leander

DoP: Dan Laustsen

Editor: Kasper Leick, Michal Leszczylowski

Music: Annette Focks

Production design: Anders Engelbrecht, Lena Selander, Folke Strömbäck

German Distributor: farbfilm verleih GmbH

Production Company: GötaFilm AB; SCHMIDTz KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV GmbH; Asta Film; Filmkameratene

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