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Unga Astrid, Becoming Astrid, Music Box Films, Nordisk Film Production & Avanti Film present ; in production with Nordisk Film Production A/S., Film i Väst, TV4, DCM Pictures GmbH ; produced by Maria Dahlin, Anna Anthony, Lars G. Lindström ; written by Kim Fupz Aakeson, Pernille Fischer Christensen ; directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen

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Unga Astrid

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Music Box Films, Nordisk Film Production & Avanti Film present ; in production with Nordisk Film Production A/S., Film i Väst, TV4, DCM Pictures GmbH ; produced by Maria Dahlin, Anna Anthony, Lars G. Lindström ; written by Kim Fupz Aakeson, Pernille Fischer Christensen ; directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen

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Becoming Astrid

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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Becoming Astrid