In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

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Cast

Sofie Gråbøl

Ester

Louise Fribo

Lisa

Vigga Bro

Esters mor

Torben Jensen

Esters far

Kirsten Lehfeldt

Frk. Thomsen

Lene Vasegaard

Lærerinden

Benny Poulsen

Bananen

John Hahn-Petersen

Gadebetjent

Birgit Conradi

Skolesundhedsplejerske

Margrethe Koytu

Vaskekone

Eva Madsen

Ismejeridame

Pelle Koppel

Oscar