Release, runtime and language

1998 · 75 mins · Danish

Directed by

Lone Scherfig

Starring

Claes Bang, Søren Malling, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Bjarne Henriksen, Birthe Neumann, Steen Stig Lommer

Three siblings cleverly prevent being placed in a children’s home after their single mother is sentenced to a brief stint in prison for shoplifting. To avoid detection by the quirky welfare officer and the inevitable removal, they fabricate an absent father who supposedly looks after them, buying them time and freedom.