- HD 1080
- Runtime: 122m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: sv
- Country: Germany, Sweden, Denmark
- Director: Lisa Ohlin
- Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers, Katharina Schüttler, Stefan Gödicke
- keywords: world war ii, coming of age, best friend, woman director
- Production_studio: Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv
- Slogan: Every family has a secret.
- The Simon & the Oaks is featured in the top rankings of 2011
- #14 in Top War Movies of 2011
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.