Becoming Astrid(2018)

Name: Becoming Astrid
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: Nov 23, 2018
Cast: Alba August

Music Box Films

2h 3m

Release Date: Nov 23, 2018

Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.

Official Website

Release Details

Original Release | Nov 23, 2018 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$5,361
Total US & Canada:
$120,486
Total International
$850,569
Total Worldwide:
$971,055

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Pernille Fischer Christensen
Director

Alba August
Actor

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Sweden, Denmark

Language: Swedish,Danish

Summaries

Storyline

Astrid Lindgren is shown growing up with her parents, brother, and two sisters in the countryside near Vimmerby Sweden on their farm, from age 16 up: going to church, attending dances, helping on the farm. She is offered an internship with the local newspaper after they publish her essay. She has an affair with the unhappily-married, older newspaper editor. When she becomes pregnant, he sends her to Stockholm for secretarial school. She gives birth in Denmark to help him avoid divorce complications and ultimately decides not to marry him. She falls out with her family over her decision to keep her child and not leave him with his foster mother. She continues to work as a secretary in Stockholm in an auto club and finally affords her own flat. When her boy finally comes to live with her, he is several years old. In the end, she reconciles with her family and they welcome their grandson home.