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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 26, 2011

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

68%

Original Title

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Production Companies

Coproduction Office, Plattform Produktion, Film i Väst, SVT, Sonet Film, Société Parisienne de Production, ZDF

Director

Ruben Östlund

Description

In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.