A Summer Tale

  • June 17, 2017 / 16:00
  • June 18, 2017 / 15:00

Director: Ulf Malmros
Cast: Kjell Bergqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Rebecca Scheja
Sweden, Denmark, 2000, 91’, color

Swedish with Turkish subtitles

Yngve Johansson, a hard-tempered man accepts two children, Mårten and Annika to his home and under his care for the summer. It is 1958, the year Sweden almost won the World Cup in soccer over Brazil. Yngve is nothing but a dictator in the eyes of the kids at first. But when he falls for their school teacher, two kids do whatever they can to bring the two together. Being told through the eyes of a young boy, A Summer Tale is one of those heart-warming films that invites laughter as well as tears.

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