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Be Dear to Me

1957 · 101 min

A gentle, child's-eye drama that charms through its young lead while quietly tugging at the heart over neglect and belonging.

Directed by
Annelise Hovmand
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt
Overview
The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected child of a businessman father and actress mother. Feeling that happiness lies well outside her own backyard, Eva goes on a search for that happiness. The longer she stays away, the more her parents realize that they've unfairly ignored her. The plot is nothing new: it's what is done with it that pleases the eye and ear. Ingen tid til Kaertegn was one of the more popular entries in the 1957 Berlin Film Festival.

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Directed by
Annelise Hovmand
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt
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    Themes
    • family
    • parenthood
    • loneliness
    • coming-of-age
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
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    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, family
    Directed by
    Annelise Hovmand
    Written by
    Annelise Hovmand, Finn Methling
    Starring
    Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt, Jørgen Reenberg, Bent Christensen, Gerda Madsen, Karen Berg, Betty Helsengreen
    Music
    Erik Fiehn
    Cinematography
    Kjeld Arnholtz
    Runtime
    101 min
    Country
    Denmark
    Languages
    Danish

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