On Our Own

– Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 12 Minutes
Release Year:
1998
Original Name:
Når mor kommer hjem...
On Our Own (1998) - Also known as Når mor kommer hjem...

Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

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Release Date:

06 Feb 1998

Language:

Danish

Director:

Lone Scherfig

Writer:

Lone Scherfig, Jørgen Kastrup, Martha Christensen (novel)

Main Actors:

Kasper Emanuel Stæger, Clara Johanne Simonsen, Pernille Kaae Høier, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Plot:

Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their single mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting by inventing a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10