

On Our Own
1998-02-06 · 75 min · ★ 6.7
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.
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- Directors
- Lone Scherfig
- Production companies
- Obel Film, Thura Film, Mellan Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
- Countries
- Sweden, Denmark
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kasper Emanuel StægerKasper
Pernille Kaae HøierJulie
Ann Eleonora JørgensenLinda
Lars KaalundFinn
Birthe NeumannAnne Marie
Bjarne HenriksenLille Per
Claus GervingAllan
Wencke BarfoedAllans kone
Max HansenArne
Kristian Holm JoensenBjarne
Mikkel Aas MortensenElton
Niels Anders ThornHenning
Michael MoritzenSkoleinspektør
Anette StøvelbækPædagog
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