Emma's Shadow

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Emma's Shadow ★★★ Skyggen af Emma 1988

In the 1930s, a young girl fakes her own kidnapping to get away from her inattentive family and comes to befriend an ex-convict sewer worker. In Danish with English subtitles. Winner of the Prix de la Jeunesse at Cannes, it was voted 1988's Best Danish Film. 93m/C VHS . DK Borje Ahlstedt, Line Kruse; D: Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen; W: Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen; C: Dan Laustsen.