Storyline

Astrid Lindgren is shown growing up with her parents, a brother and two sisters in the countryside near Vimmerby Sweden on their farm, from age 16 up: going to church, attending dances, helping on the farm. She is offered an internship with the local newspaper after they published her essay. She has an affair with the unhappily married and older newspaper editor. When she becomes pregnant, he sends her to Stockholm for secretarial school. She gives birth in Denmark so as to help him avoid divorce complications. She ultimately decides not to marry him. She falls out with her family over her decision to keep her child and not leave him with his foster mother. She continues working as a secretary in Stockholm in an auto club and finally affords her own flat. When her boy finally comes to live with her, he is several years old. Finally in the end,, she reconciles with her family and they welcome their grandson home to visit.

Plot Keywords

triple f rated, title directed by female, pregnant teenager, topless female nudity, based on real person, breasts, small breasts, hotel room, daughter, song, boat, passport, newborn baby, newborn, telephone call, bare chested male, marriage proposal, snowing, illness, doctor

Short Review

Becoming Astrid's saving grace is Alba August. She is in almost every frame of this film, and gives life to what, on paper, amounts to a Lifetime channel biopic.

Trailer

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2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 12.99, Track Rental Price: 4.99, Collection Price: 12.99, Track Hd Price: 14.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 4.99, Collection Hd Price: 14.99

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