Simon and the Oaks (Simon och ekarna)
German title: Simon
Francaise title: Simon et les chênes
Spain title: Simon y los robles
Russian title: Симон и дубы
Original title: Simon och ekarna
Francaise title: Simon et les chênes
Spain title: Simon y los robles
Russian title: Симон и дубы
Original title: Simon och ekarna
Alternative titles:
Simon & ekarna | Simon – Jede Familie hat ihr Geheimnis
Simon & ekarna | Simon – Jede Familie hat ihr Geheimnis
Drama – Norway, Germany, Denmark
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 122 minutes
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 122 minutes
Director: Lisa Ohlin
Writer: Marnie Blok, Linda Aronson, Lisa Ohlin, Marianne Fredriksson
Cinematograph: Dan Laustsen
Music: Annette Focks
Writer: Marnie Blok, Linda Aronson, Lisa Ohlin, Marianne Fredriksson
Cinematograph: Dan Laustsen
Music: Annette Focks
Movie description:
Simon, a small, dark-haired and bookish young boy, enjoys an idyllic rural childhood in Sweden, as the shadow of World War II descends over Europe. Although raised by loving and principled working class parents, he feels that he is different. When he finds out that he is adopted, he starts a search for his true self. »Simon and the Oaks« is based on renown author Marianne Fredriksson’s best seller with the same title.
Simon lives in the industrial city of Gothenburg during the 1940’s, the adopted son of a working class couple. He comes from a loving home, but still feels out of place. In school he meets the wealthy, Jewish boy Isak, whose family has fled from Nazi Germany. When Isak faces trouble at home, he seeks comfort from Simon’s family and the two families slowly merge together ...
»Simon and the Oaks« is based on the Swedish bestseller, with the same name, written by Marianne Fredriksson. This epic, psychological drama is a unique depiction of the Jewish people’s situation in Sweden during World War II.
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden’s Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he’s an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots – a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life.
Simon lives in the industrial city of Gothenburg during the 1940’s, the adopted son of a working class couple. He comes from a loving home, but still feels out of place. In school he meets the wealthy, Jewish boy Isak, whose family has fled from Nazi Germany. When Isak faces trouble at home, he seeks comfort from Simon’s family and the two families slowly merge together ...
»Simon and the Oaks« is based on the Swedish bestseller, with the same name, written by Marianne Fredriksson. This epic, psychological drama is a unique depiction of the Jewish people’s situation in Sweden during World War II.
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden’s Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he’s an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots – a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life.
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