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In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.Read moreLess
In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.
The story
In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.
Cast & crew
Sofie GråbølEster
Louise FriboLisa
Vigga BroEsters mor
Torben JensenEsters far
Kirsten LehfeldtFrk. Thomsen
Lene VasegaardLærerinden
Benny PoulsenBananen
John Hahn-PetersenGadebetjent
Birgit ConradiSkolesundhedsplejerske
Margrethe KoytuVaskekoneExplore the crew
- Writer
- Erik Thygesen
- Writer
- Tove Ditlevsen
- Director
- Astrid Henning-Jensen
- Writer
- Astrid Henning-Jensen
- Original Music Composer
- Anne Linnet
- Editor
- Ghita Beckendorff
- Screenplay
- Karen Bentzon
- Producer
- Tivi Magnusson