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Simon & the Oaks

Every family has a secret.
Every family has a secret.
Drama, History, War - 2011
Simon & the Oaks
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6.5
56%
62
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.
Director:
,
Lisa Ohlin
Cast:
,
Jan Josef Liefers
,
Katharina Schüttler
,
Helen Sjöholm
,
Bill Skarsgård
,
Helen Sjöholm
,
Karl Linnertorp
,
Stefan Gödicke
,
Jonatan S. Wächter
,
Karl Martin Eriksson
,
Erica Löfgren

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
122 min
Release date:
9 Dec 2011
Country:
DE, SE, DK
Languages:
Hebrew (modern), German, Swedish, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$150,109
Awards:
4 wins & 12 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
"Simon and the Oaks" branches out in ways unusual and interesting enough to hold your attention and then even shake it a bit.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Nov 2012
fresh:
The sheer sincerity of everyone concerned bolsters the whole enterprise so that Ohlin's historical novel-on-film holds us.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
2 Nov 2012
fresh:
"Simon and the Oaks" is not merely the story of two boys from opposite sides of the tracks. It's also a larger meditation on life's hardships and what endures: love, art and civilization.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
26 Oct 2012
rotten:
With its fool's-gold cinematography, over-emphatic musical score and self-important protagonist, "Simon and the Oaks" is a puny acorn that dreams it's a towering achievement.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 Oct 2012
fresh:
[A] lush, handsomely crafted middlebrow epic ...
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
25 Oct 2012
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