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Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid)
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Teenaged Astrid Lindren (Alba August), who later went on to write the Pippi Longstocking series, leads a carefree life with her family in the forests and fields of rural Sweden. Restless and eager to break free from the confines of her conservative upbringing, she accepts an internship at a local newspaper where she attracts the attention of its married editor, Blomberg (Henrik Rafaelsen). After Astrid becomes pregnant, she leaves her childhood home and goes to Copenhagen to secretly give birth to a son, Lasse, whom she reluctantly leaves in the care of a foster mother, Marie (Trine Dyrholm). Astrid goes into self-imposed exile in Stockholm, refusing Blomberg's offer of marriage and saving up her paltry salary for visits to see Lasse. When Marie falls ill, Astrid uses her imagination and flair for storytelling to reconnect with her son. In spite of her struggles, Astrid emerges with a newfound courage that will later form the foundation of a vast and beloved body of work.
Actors:
Trine Dyrholm, Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Björn Gustafsson, Henrik Rafaelsen, Eric Ericson, Maria Fahl-Vikander, Mads Korsgaard, Ola Normelli, Casper Kjær Jensen, ...»
Director:
Pernille Fischer Christensen
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December 06, 2018 Director and co-writer Pernille Fischer Christensen has crafted a powerful coming of age story that is also a story of how society slowly transforms.
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January 13, 2019 (Alba) August brightens the screen with a performance that begins full of youthful excitement...and then matures right before our eyes.
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December 06, 2018 Becoming Astrid's saving grace is Alba August. She is in almost every frame of this film, and gives life to what, on paper, amounts to a Lifetime channel biopic.
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Arizona Republic
November 29, 2018 Though "Becoming Astrid" is unflinching in its depictions of Astrid's pain, it does not wallow. A shallower story would be rife with villains, but there are none here.
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L.A. Weekly
November 21, 2018 Christensen portrays Lindgren as a born storyteller but delves into the vital time in her development when confounding expectation gave way to building her own narrative.
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New York Times
November 22, 2018 Hansen's relaxed camera movements and fuzzy-soft compositions are quite beautiful, and the performances - including the superb Trine Dyrholm as the baby's Danish foster mother - are pitch-perfect.
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December 14, 2018 Anchored by a brilliant performance by Alba August, this is a charming-yet-realistic small gem of a film.
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November 28, 2018 Pippi Longstocking has sometimes been called an icon of feminist girl-power. If "Becoming Astrid' makes anything clear, it's that the character's creator was something of one herself.
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December 06, 2018 Throughout "Becoming Astrid," August acquits herself brilliantly; the woman we come to know is a tangle of impulses and qualities, and feels vibrantly alive.
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November 23, 2018 This film about an exemplary woman, made by women, is as much a pleasure as it is a lesson.
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December 06, 2018 It's more about the evolution of an attitude, a mindset, and a philosophy on life than a single book or character.
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February 28, 2019 Pernille Fischer Christensen crafts an incisive, engaging portrait of the artist as a young woman.
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