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.
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30 people
Sofie Gråbøl
Ester
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Louise Fribo
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Carl Quist Møller
Carl
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Kirsten Lehfeldt
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Lene Vasegaard
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Benny Poulsen
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John Hahn-Petersen
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The Kingdom
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Astrid Henning-Jensen Director · Karen Bentzon Screenplay Tove Ditlevsen Writer
First release November 7, 1986 · Produced in Denmark · Production Det Danske Filminstitut, Metronome Productions
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DR
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Det Danske Filminstitut
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Metronome Productions
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Danmarks Radio (DR)
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Denmark
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Danish
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Danish
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Denmark · November 7, 1986
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