Hallååå!

Super dålig uppdatering, tell me about it, men jag liksom Emma har haft super mycket dessa dagarna! Men du efter att ha kommit hem från skolan, så tänkte jag slänga upp en liten rolig sak faktiskt! Det är lite ny info om filmen "Simon och Ekarna" som kommer till hösten/vintern nu i år. Och som ni vet så läste jag ju den, men hann jag klart innan jag får ett mejl från biblioteket att jag har missat att lämna in den i tid? Neej, såklart inte. Men dom ett tecken från ovan så ska vi faktiskt börja läsa romaner på svenskan precis nu, så vad passade bättre än att välja just "Simon och ekarna" igen?

Artikeln är på engelska, vilket passar bra kanske, med tanke på att jag precis har gjort ett nationellt prov i just engelska ;)

SIMON AND THE OAKS is the highly anticipated screen adaption of acclaimed Swedish author Marianne Fredriksson’s famous novel. A grand production directed by Lisa Ohlin, showing an emotional human drama, starring rising star Bill Skarsgård as well as audience favourite Helen Sjöholm. NonStop Sales handles world sales and SIMON AND THE OAKS will be shown on a closed preview screening in Cannes 2011.

Simon has had a loving childhood, but still feels alien in the working class neighbourhoods of 1940’s Gothenburg. Against his parents’ will he, being intellectually gifted, turns to an education otherwise reserved for young men of academic heritage. There he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who has flead the German persecutions. The boys and their families’ lives will interconnect in unexpected ways as the war rages all over Europe.

Marianne Fredriksson is one of Sweden’s internationally most read authors, her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and have sold over 17 million copies. SIMON AND THE OAKS is based on her critically acclaimed novel with the same name. It’s also the first feature film adaptation based on her books.

SIMON AND THE OAKS is a magnificent story about breaking up with burdens of the past and the search for oneself in a time of war and destruction.

SIMON AND THE OAKS stars one of Swedens’ rising stars Bill Skarsgård (Simple Simon, Arn – The Night Templar), brother of True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård, as well as Helen Sjöholm (As It Is in Heaven). The film will have its Swedish theatrical premiere December 9th 2011, distributed by Nordisk Film.

// Nathalie