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Love Me!

Love Me!

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Love Me!

1986

2h 6m

5.6(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

Sussie is 15, raised with her alcoholic mother and an absent father. She has lived in several foster homes. Now she gets one last chance with a new family, the Lindgren's who live in a large house by the sea.

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Svenska Filminstitutet

SF Studios

SVT

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Anna Lindén

Sussie

Örjan Ramberg

Örjan Ramberg

Birger "Oxen"

Tomas Fryk

Tomas Fryk

Tomas

Hans Strååt

Hans Strååt

Larsson

Tomas Laustiola

Tomas Laustiola

Gunnar

Ernst Günther

Ernst Günther

Lena Granhagen

Lena Granhagen

Martha

Jenny Kai-Larsen

Ann

Stig Torstensson

Stig Torstensson

Elisabet Palo

Sussie's mother

Creative team

Directed by: Kay Pollak
Written by: Binnie Kristal-Andersson
Ola Olsson
Produced by: Göran Lindström
Anders Lindström

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