Simon and the Oaks (film)

Simon and the Oaks Swedish Simon och ekarna is a 2011 Swedish drama film, directed by Lisa Ohlin and starring Bill Skarsgrd. The film is based on the novel with the same name by Marianne Fredriksson. The film was nominated incategories at the 47th Guldbagge Awards, won two of the awards Cecilia Nilsson for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the role as Inga, and Jan Josef Liefers for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Ruben Lentov.

The film is about Simon Bill Skarsgrd, growing up in a workingclass family on the outskirts of Gothenburg during World War II. He is very talented and always felt different and an outsider. Against his parents approval, he seeks education in the arts, normally not attended by members of the working class. There he meets Isaak Karl Linnertorp, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who fled persecution in Nazi Germany. The lives of the two boys and their families intertwine as the war rages in Europe. At the end of the war, it becomes clear to Simon that his life, family and his very identity will no longer be the same.

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