Barnens Ö (film)

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Barnens Ö (Children's Island) is a 1980 adventure film by Kay Pollak, starring Thomas Fryk and Börje Ahlstedt. It is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by P.C. Jersild.

Filming took place between July and October 1979; it was Kay Pollak's first commercial success.

[edit] Plot

The story set in Stockholm where 12-year old Reine is on the verge of puberty and afraid of sexual maturity. He lives in a suburb with his single mother whose sends him to a traditional Swedish summer camp (common at the time of the setting and managed by the cities for children in need of visiting the countryside). The movie's title is the name of the most well-known such camp. His mother goes away, but in fact he never goes there, and starts exploring the summer city of Stockholm on his know, meeting many strange adults.

The movie is beautifully executed, lyric, and at the same time showing the boy's vulnerability physically and inwardly. It is based on an equally successful book by Swedish author P. C. Jersild and follows its story.

[edit] External links

• Barnens Ö at the Internet Movie Database