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Psychosis in Stockholm

Psychosis in Stockholm

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Psychosis in Stockholm

"Sometimes it feels like you are in a film"

2020

1h 41m

6.1(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

On vacation in Stockholm, a teenage daughter is left wandering the city alone when her mother suffers from a sudden mental breakdown. Coming of age becomes an equally sudden necessity.

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Production Companies

Garagefilm International

Nordisk Film Spring

SVT

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Josefine Stofkoper

Josefine Stofkoper

The Daughter

Josefin Neldén

Josefin Neldén

The Mother

Sanaz Saidi

Cora

Maria Bäck

Maria Bäck

The Daughter in the Future

Elisabeth Bäck

The Mother in the Future

Rolf Angebrant

Couple in Juicebar

Birgitta Angebrant

Couple in Juicebar

Dilan Amin

Dilan Amin

Waiter

Anneli Bardland

Family in Restaurant

Oliver Hesselborn

Family in Restaurant

Creative team

Directed by: Maria Bäck
Written by: Maria Bäck
Produced by: Anna-Maria Kantarius

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