denmark,copenhagen, denmark,female prisoner,single mother,children on the run,childhood,woman director

On Our Own (1998)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Lone Scherfig
  • Profile picture of Kasper Emanuel Stæger
    Kasper Kasper Emanuel Stæger
  • Profile picture of Pernille Kaae Høier
    Julie Pernille Kaae Høier
  • Profile picture of Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
    Linda Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
  • Profile picture of Lars Kaalund
    Finn Lars Kaalund
  • Profile picture of Birthe Neumann
    Anne Marie Birthe Neumann
  • Profile picture of Bjarne Henriksen
    Lille Per Bjarne Henriksen
  • Profile picture of Claus Gerving
    Allan Claus Gerving
  • Profile picture of Wencke Barfoed
    Allans kone Wencke Barfoed

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Keywords

  • denmark
  • copenhagen, denmark
  • female prisoner
  • single mother
  • children on the run
  • childhood
  • woman director