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Children's Island

1980 · 104 min

A quiet, observant summer wander through a city, mixing tender awkwardness with a low hum of unease.

Directed by
Kay Pollak
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Starring
Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall
Tagline
Based on the 1976 popular children’s Novel “Children’s Island” by P.C. Jersilds.
Overview
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp, and he tells her he is. We then follow him around Stockholm that summer and see what he encounters on the path of life.

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Directed by
Kay Pollak
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Starring
Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, family, romance
Directed by
Kay Pollak
Written by
Ola Olsson, Carl-Johan Seth, Kay Pollak
Starring
Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall, Börje Ahlstedt, Lars-Erik Berenett, Sif Ruud, Hjördis Petterson, Malin Ek
Music
Jean-Michel Jarre, Thomas Macklin
Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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