

07/11/1986
In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

Sofie Gråbøl
as Ester

Louise Fribo
as Lisa

Carl Quist Møller
as Carl

Vigga Bro
as Esters mor

Torben Jensen
as Esters far

Kirsten Lehfeldt
as Frk. Thomsen

Lene Vasegaard
as Lærerinden

Benny Poulsen
as Bananen

John Hahn-Petersen
as Gadebetjent

Birgit Conradi
as Skolesundhedsplejerske

Litten Hansen
as Esters moster

Margrethe Koytu
as Vaskekone

Karina Broch Petersen
as Beboer i kvarteret

Rosa Trier
as Beboer i kvarteret

Eva Madsen
as Ismejeridame

Pelle Koppel
as Oscar

Sasha Feder
as Beboer i kvarteret

Karen Margrethe Bjerre
as En rig kone

Lars Lunøe
as En rig mand

Henrik Larsen
as Lisas far

Peter Schrøder
as Gæst ved Esters konfirmation

Lene Brøndum
as Gæst ved Esters konfirmation

Hanne Ribens
as Ekspedient i chokoladeforretning

Daimi
as Beboer i kvarteret

Else Petersen
as Frk. Thomsens mor

Per Sessingø
as Børnelokker

Claus Nissen
as Mand på gaden

Michèle Bellaiche
as Pige i gården(uncredited)

Annette Heick
as Pige i gården(uncredited)

Erik Thygesen
as Gæst til fagforeningsbal(uncredited)
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