![]() Of her time, making her an early trailblazer for gender equality. But it also liberated her from many of the oppressive conventions ![]() “One of the things she might have learned from this is you have to think for yourself.Īstrid’s traumatic experience left its scars. “What happened here in this story made Astrid a really, really strong person,” Fischer Christensen said. The film examines the wrenching choices she was forced to make as a result, and the life lessons she drew. While still a teenager in conservative Sweden in the 1920s, the then Astrid Ericsson had an affair with her boss, the married editor-in-chief of the local newspaper, and fell pregnant. The film is based in part on a groundbreaking 2015 biography of Astrid Lindgren by Danish biographer and literary critic Jens Andersen. Astrid Lindgren is best known for her children’s books featuring the red-haired, superstrong girl Pippi Longstocking.(Wikimedia Commons)īecoming Astrid by Danish filmmaker Pernille Fischer Christensen exposes the little-known backstory behind one of the world’s most enduring girl characters, with her gravity-defying red plaits, abundant freckles and superhuman strength. ![]() ![]() A dark secret long held by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren led her to create one of the most beloved heroines of children’s literature, Pippi Longstocking, according to a new biopic at the Berlin film festival. ![]()
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