That Special Summer ( Kid Svensk ) ( Aavan meren tällä puolen )

That Special Summer (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kid Svensk
Alternate Title: Aavan meren tällä puolen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Nanna Huolman

Written By:
Nanna Huolman

Actors:
Miia Saarinen ..... Kid (as Mia Saarinen)
Milka Ahlroth ..... Ester
Morgan Alling ..... Swimming teacher
Mats Blomgren ..... Reporter
Ralph Carlsson ..... Headmaster
Jonna Ekdahl ..... Kerstin - mother
Kalle Ekdahl ..... Gunnar - father
Rauno Juvonen ..... Arma
Minna Koskela ..... Taina
Mari Rantasila ..... Sirkka
Jim Rautiainen ..... Jamppe
Agnes Sörensen ..... Lotta
Timo Tuominen ..... Markku

Synopsis:

A rebellious, twelve year-old Swedish immigrant finds her journalistic aspirations threatened by the opposing ambitions of her difficult single mother in writer/director Nanna Huolman's tender family drama. Kirsi hails from a mixed Finnish-Swedish family who emigrated to Sweden some time ago. Since Kirsi's father died, the young girl has lived alone in Sweden with her non-Swedish speaking mother. The year is 1984, and at the onset of summer Kirsi wins a contest that will allow her to become a temporary reporter for a local radio station. But Kirsi's mother Esther longs to fulfill her dreams of becoming a restaurateur by opening a modest dining establishment in the Finnish countryside - an endeavor that would force the adolescent journalist to put her professional ambitions on hold. To make matters worse, Esther has recently been talking about moving back to Gothenburg come fall. Now, as the girl attempts to reconcile her relationship with the mother who seems unwilling to adapt to her new surroundings, she will experience the thrill of first love, and finally discover what it means to call a place your home.

Gothenburg, 1984. Twelve-year-old Kid loves Sweden and everything Swedish. She's ashamed of her Finnish heritage and of her mother, who hasn't learned the language all that well. School's out for summer and Kid travels with her mom to Finland. But the trip does not turn out as she expected. Kid soon finds out that her mom plans to stay in Finland to open a race car restaurant in the middle of the forest in northern Karelen. Kid's childhood friend Jamppe is also in Finland and it seems something is evolving between the two of them, something that sparks their curiousity.

Gothenburg, Sweden 1984. Twelve-year-old Kid's world has been turned upside down. Just when she's won a prestigious essay contest and with it a dream summer job at Gothenburg Radio, her mother Ester suddenly drags her off to her home village in North Karelia, Finland. Angry and confused, Kid has no choice but to go with her. With them in the car are Ester's friend Sirkka and her thirteen-year-old son Jamppe. Kid and Jamppe have always been like brother and sister, but this summer everything changes between them. But why is Ester being so secretive, is the trip really just a summer visit? A tangle of lies threatens to ruin everything for Kid and her mother.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 March, 2009.

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