A young child's account of an idyllic summer in the 1920s, this film by Lasse Hallstrom (My Life as a Dog) features three girls and three boys on vacation in a remote rural area of Sweden. Their ages range between seven and nine and they have fun in the way that innocent kids can; they romp in the open fields and camp out in a hayloft for the night. The boys misbehave in ways that are guaranteed to get them attention from the girls (they steal the sandwiches their mothers made for them) and the girls thoroughly enjoy their revenge, all in a game of one-upmanship. Because of the genteel tone of the film, devoid of violence or dark, scary unknowns, this film is ideally suited for a young audience. A sequel (Mer Om Oss Barn I Bullerby) followed in 1987. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Cast
Linda Bergstrom - Lisa
Cripin Dickson Wendenius - Lasse
Henrik Larsson - Bosse
Ellen Demerus - Britta
Anna Sahlin - Anna
Harald Lonnbro - Olle; Tove Edfeldt - Kerstin; Olof Sjogren - The Shoemaker; Lasse Stahl - Country Store Owner; Ann-Sofie Knape - Norrgards-Greta; Ingwar Svensson - Mellangards-Anders; Bill Jonsson - Sorgards-Nisse; Catti Edfeldt - Sorgards-Elin; Louise Raeder - Agda; Peter Dywik - Oskar; Britt Sterneland; Nina Englund; Ewa Carsson; Sigfred Eriksson - Granddad; Elisabeth Nordkvist - Mellangards-Maja; Soren Pettersson - Norrgards-Erik
Credit
Carina Dalunde - Costume Designer, Susanne Falck - Costume Designer, Inger Pehrsson - Costume Designer, Lasse Hallström - Director, Susanne Linnman - Editor, Georg Riedel - Composer (Music Score), Eva Bagge - Makeup, Helena Olofsson-Carmback - Makeup, Lasse Westfelt - Production Designer, Mats Ardstrom - Cinematographer, Jens Fischer - Cinematographer, Rolf Lindström - Cinematographer, Waldemar Bergendahl - Producer, Astrid Lindgren - Screenwriter, Astrid Lindgren - Book Author