Becoming Astrid

Teenager Astrid Lindren (actress: Alba August) has a family-oriented, carefree lifestyle in the fields of rural Sweden. Although life is good, being raised in a conservative upbringing makes her yearn for freedom. A local newspaper is hiring for an intern and Astrid feels that taking this opportunity may be her only way out, so she takes the job and begins her career. At the office, she steals the attention of the married editor, Blomberg. Things happen and she finds herself pregnant, to escape the attention and give birth secretly, she flees to Copenhagen. She is now a young girl with a son, Lasse and in a hesitant manner, leaves him to a foster mother. Life’s challenges are being thrown at her full force and when her sons foster mother falls ill, Astrid breaks out her imagination to reconnect with her son. Her struggles are what would later create a beloved body of work, the Pippi Longstocking series.