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The Slingshot

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Growing up in Stockholm in the 1920s, 10-year-old Roland (Jesper Salén) is regularly bullied and taunted by his peers for having a Jewish mother (Basia Frydman) and a socialist father (Stellan Skarsgard). In spite of the verbal and physical abuse he endures, Roland manages to extract some revenge -- and learn a few life lessons in the bargain -- when he adapts some of the illegal condoms his mother sells in her tobacco store in order to create homemade slingshots.
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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Sep 3, 2005 Full Review Fred Topel About.com Starts out great with the kid's innocent interpretation of a condom. Kinda loses that tone though. Rated: 3/5 Jul 14, 2003 Full Review Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly Rated: 3.5/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Vividly portrays the amazing resiliency of a Swedish adolescent who valiantly tries to keep his soul alive in adverse conditions. Jan 30, 2002 Full Review Scott Renshaw rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 8/10 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member faktiskt en ganska bra film :) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Åke Sandgren

Director

Jesper Salén

Roland Schütt

Stellan Skarsgård

Fritiof Schütt

Basia Frydman

Zipa Schütt

Niclas Olund

Bertil Schütt

Ernst-Hugo Jaregard

Teacher Lundin

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Synopsis Growing up in Stockholm in the 1920s, 10-year-old Roland (Jesper Salén) is regularly bullied and taunted by his peers for having a Jewish mother (Basia Frydman) and a socialist father (Stellan Skarsgard). In spite of the verbal and physical abuse he endures, Roland manages to extract some revenge -- and learn a few life lessons in the bargain -- when he adapts some of the illegal condoms his mother sells in her tobacco store in order to create homemade slingshots.
Director
Åke Sandgren
Producer
Waldemar Bergendahl, Miro Vostiar
Screenwriter
Åke Sandgren
Distributor
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Production Co
Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT Drama, Svensk Filmindustri, Nordisk Film
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Swedish
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 3, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
1h 41m
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