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Family Secrets

Family Secrets

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 2001

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama

User Score

49%

Original Title

Familjehemligheter

Production Companies

SVT Drama

Director

Kjell-Åke Andersson

Description

Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built house, the family façade starts slowly crumbling into pieces. The daughter, 15, finds her first love, and the boys too are puzzled by their own questions around adolescence and sexuality. The father tries to keep up a happy face, while the youngest son is the first and the most sensitive to realize how the family is heading towards a disaster.