Children's Island (film)

Children's Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kay Pollak
Produced by	Bengt Forslund
Written by	Screenplay: Kay Pollak Novel: P. C. Jersild
Starring	Thomas Fryk Ingvar Hirdwall
Music by	Jean-Michel Jarre
Cinematography	Roland Sterner
Editing by	Thomas Holéwa
Release date(s)	25 December 1980
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a 1980 Swedish drama film directed by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Ingvar Hirdwall. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. C. Jersild. Filming took place between July and October 1979.

Plot

The story is set in Stockholm where 11-year old Reine is on the verge of puberty and afraid of sexual maturity. He lives in a suburb with his single mother who sends him to a traditional Swedish summer camp (common at the time of the setting and managed by the cities for children in need of visiting the countryside. The title of the film is the name of the most well-known such camp). His mother then vacations on her own, but in fact Reine never goes to the camp, instead exploring the summer city of Stockholm on his own, meeting many strange adults.

Cast

• Tomas Fryk as Reine Larsson
• Ingvar Hirdwall as Stig Utler
• Anita Ekström as Harriet Larsson
• Börje Ahlstedt as Hester
• Lars-Erik Berenett as Esbjörn
• Hjördis Petterson as Olga
• Sif Ruud as Mrs. Bergman-Ritz
• Lena Granhagen as Helen
• Majlis Granlund as Lotten
• Malin Ek as Kristina
• Maud Sjökvist as Maria
• Hélène Svedberg as Nora

Awards

It was Kay Pollak's first commercial success and won the Guldbagge Awards for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actor (Hirdwall). In 1981, it was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

References

1. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Children's Island". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080419/awards. Retrieved 2010-08-22. 

External links

• Children's Island at the Internet Movie Database