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The young adolescent girl Jenna is turning into a young woman whilst her mother is dying. It is difficult for her, therefore, to admit that she is afraid of losing her mother. Instead, she behaves contrary to what one would expect from her.

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    • Author: Runemane
    Recap: The early teens is not an easy time, but Jenna is really struggling. Her mother is seriously sick with cancer and apparently in treatment, so her grandmother moves in with them. Jenna and her grandmother doesn't get along at all, since her grandmother doesn't accept that Jenna is growing up and wants to hang out with kids her age. The grandmother is driving Jenna and her mother apart, and it pains Jenna a lot because she loves her mother a lot. But Jenna finds an unlikely friend in Ullis, her neighbor and the schools most popular girl. But Ullis has her own problems with her mother, and together they seek desperately for an identity. Stability. But without any adults around they start to lose their grip. Unable to handle the dire situation Jenna rebels at any norm she can…

    Comments: A pretty strong movie about how unfair life can be. How hard it is to grow up and being forced to handle the fact that her mother, her only parent, is about to die. And when there is little, if any, support from the adult world, the result is pretty predictable.

    As movies goes, it is pretty predictable too. It follows the standard structure of "teenage growing up"-movies, but with an extra edge with Jenna's illness. Still, it is strong and emotional movie, one that is sure to affect you. It is not a movie that depends on a story, it is a movie that plays on a deep emotional level. It is really hard not to feel for Jenna and Ullis, and more than once tears were close.

    So a warning is appropriate, this is not in any way a happy movie, or a movie that is rough but ends well ( I guess that this is the way that the movie differs from most others). This a deeply dark movie, even though it is also very realistic. It is in no way more dark or unfair than real life can be, and that is perhaps what I felt most. Jenna's fate is in no way unique, her story is a story that many can tell. But so you know, this is not a movie that will lift your spirit.

    Still, it is a movie that I can recommend, if you are in the mood for it. It got its own kind of beauty, despite the sadness. Or maybe it is because of it. Anyways, I hope that is what I will remember.

    7/10
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    • Author: Siralune
    I'm not sure if this film is available in English, but I watched it with subtitles and it was really good. Sad and beautiful are definitely good words to describe it. Plus, it stars Anki Lidén, the mother of Tim Bergling (Avicii).
  • Credited cast:
    Josefine Mattsson Josefine Mattsson - Jenna
    Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén - Ullis
    Annika Hallin Annika Hallin - Liv
    Anki Lidén Anki Lidén - Grandmother Ingrid
    Samuel Haus Samuel Haus - Sakke
    Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Nina Christensen Nina Christensen - Carro
    Madeleine Ekman Madeleine Ekman - Madde the chef
    Christer Fjällström Christer Fjällström - Göran
    Deborah Fronko Deborah Fronko - Görans Wife
    Charlie Gustafsson Charlie Gustafsson - Oscar
    Johan Hallström Johan Hallström - Pär
    Marcus Jansson Marcus Jansson - Henke
    Tova Johansson Tova Johansson - Malin
    Kim Lantz Kim Lantz - Teacher
    Måns Nathanaelson Måns Nathanaelson - Per
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