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Children's Island(Movie, 1980)

Original title: "Barnens ö" (Swedish/SV)
1h 58min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
Children's IslandRating: 3.0/5 (with 99 votes)
Children's Island (Swedish: Barnens ö) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1980, co-written and 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. It won Sweden's most prestigious film prize, the Guldbagge, when it was released in 1980 and was Sweden's official selection for the 54th Academy Awards. The film became controversial in Australia, being banned in 2014, over thirty years after its original release. ()
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About Children's Island

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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Additional Information

Production country: Sweden
Plays in: Stockholm
Based on the work of: P. C. Jersild ("Children's island")
Original language: Swedish (SV)
Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/25/1980
Director: Kay Pollak
Film Editor: Thomas Holéwa
Director of Photography: Roland Sterner
Composer: Per Carleson, Thomas Macklin
Costume designer: Görel Engstrand, Brigitte Reiss-Andersen
Make-up Artist: Kjerstin Elg
Production Designer: Anna Asp
Sound Designer: Thomas Holéwa
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Heimliche Ausflüge"
"Barnets ø"
"Lasten saari"
"L'ile aux enfants"
"Children’s Island"
"Nem akarok felnőni"
"Dziecieca wyspa"
"Детский остров"
"Children’s Island"
"The Children’s Island"
Revenue: 2,110,516 USD

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