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Strawberry Days

1 hr. 33 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

15-year-old Wojtek travels to Sweden from Poland with his parents to work on a farm picking strawberries. He encounters a dark underworld where foreign guest workers are exploited by indifferent Swedes. Against all odds he forms a connection with the farmer’s daughter, Anneli. But the outside world will never accept the relationship, and in the end the two young lovers find themselves trapped on opposite sides of a conflict.

Wiktor Ericsson

Wiktor Ericsson

Wiktor Ericsson born in 1973, is a Swedish screenwriter and director. He has been headwriter of the TV-series “Starke Man” and “Halvvägs till himlen” and the director of the short “KK”. In 2013 he made his feature film debut with the documentary “A Life In Dirty Movies”. “Strawberry Days” is his narrative film debut.
Languages
Polish, English, Swedish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Jordgubbslandet
Produced
2017: Sweden

Film information

Director
Wiktor Ericsson
Producers
Erik Magnusson
Screenplay
Wiktor Ericsson
Music
Hanan Townshend
Cinematography
Nadim Carlsen
Cast
Nelly Axelsson, Stanislaw Cywka, Julia Kijowska
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