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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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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/03/2005
3/5
Fred Topel About.com 07/14/2003
3/5
Starts out great with the kid's innocent interpretation of a condom. Kinda loses that tone though. Go to Full Review Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly 05/20/2003
3.5/4
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 01/30/2002
Vividly portrays the amazing resiliency of a Swedish adolescent who valiantly tries to keep his soul alive in adverse conditions. Go to Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews 01/01/2000
3.5/4
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08/09/2009 faktiskt en ganska bra film :) See more 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