On Our Own

Name: On Our Own
Genre: Family
Released: 1998-02-06
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 5.70
Cast: Clara Johanne Simonsen, Kasper Emanuel Stæger, Pernille Kaae Høier, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

– 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.

Producing Country:

Sweden, Denmark

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Genre:

Family

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

#Female Prisoner

#Pickpocket

#Female Director

#Childhood

#Children

#Single Mother

#Brother Sister Relationship