Becoming Astrid
DVD - 2019
Follows the story of Astrid Lindgren, future author of Pippi Longstocking. As a teenager, eager to break free from her loving but strict religious family in rural Sweden, she accepts an internship at a local newspaper where she attracts the attention of its married editor. After Astrid becomes pregnant, she embarks for Denmark to give birth to a son, whom she reluctantly leaves with a foster mother. When the foster mother falls ill, Astrid uses her imagination and gift for storytelling to reconnect with her child.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Fiction films
Historical films
Biographical films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Chicago, IL :
Music Box Films
[2019]
- Language
- Swedish
English - Corporate Author
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- Other Authors
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- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
"The story of Astrid Lindgren, beloved author of Pippi Longstocking"--Container.
Bonus features: press conference from the Berlin film premiere; photo gallery; interview featurette with star Alba August and director Pernille Fischer Christensen. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, wide screen (2.35:1); 5.1 Dolby digital.
- Production Credits
- Director of phogography, Erik Molberg Hansen ; music by Nicklas Schmidt ; editors, Kasper Leick, Åsa Mossberg.
