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Glowing Stars is a film of genre Drama with Anki Lidén

Glowing Stars (2009)

Glowing Stars
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Length 1h29
Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.09813.09813.09813.09813.0981

Glowing Stars (Swedish: I taket lyser stjärnorna) is a Swedish film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by author Johanna Thydell. It revolves around a girl named Jenna who has to deal with her teenage life while at the same time taking care of her mother who is sick with cancer. The film was directed by Lisa Siwe and written by Linn Gottfridsson. It premiered in Swedish theaters on 30 January 2009 and received critical acclaim from critics. Glowing Stars won several film awards.

Synopsis

Jenna is a girl currently in the seventh grade. Like a normal teenage girl, she worries about her breasts not growing, why she is not as popular as Ullis, and how she can get Sakke to fall in love with her or at least notice that she exists. When Jenna's mother is diagnosed with cancer, they are forced to move to Jenna's grandmother, who Jenna finds annoying. Jenna's grandmother lives next door to Ullis, who is living with her alcoholic mother. A friendship begins to grow between Jenna and Ullis after they realize that they both have struggling mothers. Eventually, Jenna's mother passes away at the hospital.

Actors

Anki Lidén
Johan Hallström
Måns Nathanaelson
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