Simon & the Oaks

Simon, a small, dark-haired and bookish young boy, enjoys an idyllic rural childhood in Sweden, as the shadow of WW2 descends over Europe. Although raised by loving working class parents, he feels he is different. Despite his parents’ reluctance, the intellectually gifted Simon seeks an education beyond the confines of his social standing.

There he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookstore owner. Bound together by their shared differences they grow up together and their families’ lives become entwined in a complex tapestry of friendship, politics and history against the sweeping background of the war and the holocaust. Based upon Marianne Fredriksson’s international best-selling novel.

‘Impressively staged, well performed and rich in melodrama…a classily made film…’ Screen Daily

‘Bill Skarsgård’s acting in Simon and the Oaks feels like an exploration that we are lucky enough to witness’ Berlin International Film Festival