Search

» » Den mörka ön (2009)

Short summary

Ludvig travels to an island to spend time with his grandmother and his grandfather who is dying. To escape reality, Ludvig draws pictures and imagines that he is an explorer on a mystic island.
Dark island is a coming of age story set on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. A boy in his early teens goes to visit his grandparents in their summerhouse. Upon arriving he is greeted by a girl his own age, who informs him that his grandfather has fallen seriously ill. Whenever real life gets too tough, the boy escapes into daydreams where he has heroic adventures. But life on the real island demands more than childish fantasies.

User reviews


  • comment
    • Author: Xinetan
    First - for the animation who gives freshness to the memories about puppet theater. Second - for story, proposing summers at grandparents and the thought , less comfortable, about the death of them. Not the last for childish cruelty, familiar for many from us. It is a beautiful film about the clash between imagination and reality. And about the simple manner to discover the other . So, memories about childhood. Not exactly idilic as first steps to adulthood.
  • Credited cast:
    Emelie Linde Emelie Linde - The Girl
    Hedvig Ljungar Hedvig Ljungar - Ludvig
    All rights reserved © 2017-2024 hd.thomson-multimedia.com