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Children's Island

Country: Sweden, Language: Swedish, 109 mins

Original Title

Barnens ö
  • Director: Kay Pollak
  • Writer: P.C. Jersild; Ola Olsson
  • Producer: Ingemar Ejve; Bengt Forslund

CGiii Comment

Bizarre - and almost inaccessible.

A young boy tries to ward off puberty and is, unfortunately, surrounded by over-acting adults.

That's the main problem with this film - bad acting and a story that is possibly mind-blowing - the child nudity alone will definitely upset many people.

With a Jean Michel Jarre soundtrack that fails to improve the film - this may leave you thinking - but...it is such hard work that most will abandon before the end.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Tomas Fryk as Reine Larsson
Anita Ekström as Harriet Larsson
Ingvar Hirdwall as Stig Utler
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
Maria Dehnisch as Birgitta
Anneli Tulldahl as Lisa