The Girl

Story of a ten-year-old girl left alone in her house in the summer of 1981.

Cast

Blanca Engström

as The Girl

Shanti Roney

as The Father

Annika Hallin

as The Mother

Leif Andrée

as Gunnar

Calle Lindqvist

as Petter

Tova Magnusson

as Anna

Ia Langhammer

as Elisabeth

Kryštof Hádek

Emma Wigfeldt

Michelle Vistam

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