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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1998 - 19.26 July

Sections & Films

THE GLASS-BLOWER'S CHILDREN

Category: Edition 1998

Synopsis
Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a glass-blower, famous for his beautiful vases, but still unable to earn enough money for his wife Sofia and the children. At a spring fair a distinguished gentleman arrives and buys all of Albert's glassware. After this nothing will be the same again. Klas and Klara are kidnapped and taken to a strange castle...

Original Title Glasblåsarns barn
Italian Title I figli del soffiatore di vetro
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 111'
Production Year 1998
Nationality Sweden
Directed by Anders Grönros
Screenplay Anders Grönros
Music Johan Söderqvist
Main cast Lena Granhagen, Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August

 regista Anders GrönrosANDERS GRÖNROS

Erik Anders Sixten Grönros (born 19 October 1953), is a Swedish film director. He was awarded the Guldbagge Award for Best Director at the 27th Guldbagge Awards, for his documentary Ambres – en död talar, which dealt with the medium Sture Johansson, and the spirit called Ambres, was broadcast on SVT2. The medium are claiming that it speaks through him.