On Our Own

Year: 1998

Runtime: 75 mins

Language: Danish

Director: Lone Scherfig

DramaComedy

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.

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