Becoming Astrid

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Long before she became a celebrated author, a teenage Astrid Lindgren confronts the harsh realities of an unplanned pregnancy in 1920s Sweden. Forced to leave home and give her son to a foster mother in Denmark, she navigates immense hardship and sacrifice. Through this painful journey of separation and struggle, she discovers the inner strength and imagination that would later define her as one of the world's most beloved storytellers.

Drama  Biography  History  Foreign

Directed by

Pernille Fischer Christensen

Starring

Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Maria Bonnevie, Björn Gustafsson