Film: Becoming Astrid

14/06/2018, 14:00
Film screening with the Danish film composer Nicklas Schmidt

Even before the official cinema release on 06/12/2018 (distribution: DCM) we are showing the international co-production Astrid by Pernille Fischer Christensen. She has also written the screenplay together with children’s book author Kim Fupz Aakeson. The film tells about the early years of the famous Swedish book author Astrid Lindgren, whose children’s books have influenced millions of people to this day.

“My film about Astrid Lindgren’s youth is a personal homage to one of Scandinavia’s greatest artists. A declaration of love to a woman whose strong personality has gone beyond the prevailing norms of gender and religion in her society.”
Pernille Fischer Christensen

Astrid and her siblings are lucky to grow up on their parents’ parish farm in Vimmerby. Although strict religious values determine the daily routine, Mother Hanna and Father Samuel always give them a sense of security and a sense of freedom. They make it possible for Astrid to attend a secondary school, which is actually only reserved for rich middle-class children, and they do not stand in the way of the 18-year-old when the owner of the local newspaper offers her a job as a volunteer in the editorial office. Reinhold Blomberg not only teaches her how to proofread and write texts, he also falls in love with her. When she gets pregnant, Astrid makes a momentous decision: she refuses to marry him and wants to take care of herself and her son Lasse alone.

ASTRID (Unga Astrid / Becoming Astrid)
Sweden/Germany/Denmark 2018, 123 min.
Swedish original version with English subtitles
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
Actors/Actresses: Alba August (Astrid), Maria Bonnevie (Hanna), Trine Dyrholm (Marie), Henrik Rafaelsen (Blomberg), Magnus Krepper (Samuel), Björn Gustafsson (Sture Lindgren)
Admission: 5 €
Group tickets for school classes: 2 € per person
Venue: Blankeneser Kino, Blankeneser Bahnhofstr. 4, 22587 Hamburg, Germany