Becoming Astrid

Becoming Astrid
Theatrical release poster
SwedishUnga Astrid
Directed byPernille Fischer Christensen
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Lars G Lindström
  • Anna Anthony
  • Maria Dahlin (film producer)
Starring
CinematographyErik Molberg Hansen
Edited by
  • Kasper Leick
  • Åsa Mossberg
Music byNicklas Schmidt
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Nordisk Film (Sweden)
  • DCM Film Distribution (Germany)
Release date
  • 14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) (Sweden)
Running time
123 minutes
Countries
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
Languages
  • Swedish
  • Danish
Budget€5 million[1]
Box office$885,740[2]

Becoming Astrid (Swedish: Unga Astrid, Danish: Unge Astrid) is a 2018 biographical drama film about the early life of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. An international co-production between Sweden and Denmark, the film is directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, from a screenplay co-written by Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson, and stars Alba August and Maria Fahl Vikander as young and elder incarnations of Lindgren, alongside Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen and Björn Gustafsson.

The film premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on 21 February 2018, and was theatrically released in Sweden on 14 September of the same year, as well as in Denmark on 31 January 2019.

  1. ^ "BECOMING ASTRID". trustnordisk.com. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Becoming Astrid (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 18 July 2019.