1986-11-07 • 1h 30m

In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

Directors

Astrid Henning-Jensen

Writters

Tove Ditlevsen, Erik Thygesen, Astrid Henning-Jensen

Editors

Tove Ditlevsen, Erik Thygesen, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Ghita Beckendorff