

As in Heaven
2021-09-19 · 85 min · ★ 6.1
One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.
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- Tea Lindeburg
- Production companies
- Motor ApS
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- Denmark
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Flora Ofelia Hofmann LindahlLise
Ida Cæcilie RasmussenMor Anna
Flora Augusta
Kirsten Olesen
Lisbet Dahl
Stine Fischer Christensen
Thure Lindhardt
Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
Cyron Melville
Alfred Røssel Læsø
Jesper Asholt
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