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The Slingshot

“If growing up were easy, everybody would do it.”

1993 · 1 h 42 min
Directed by Åke Sandgren
Drama

Cast

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Plot

Stockholm in the 1920s: young Roland lives with his socialist father and his stepmother, and learns about life and class.

Sinekatalog’s take

Åke Sandgren's drama is warm and funny, a vivid childhood memoir of a poor Swedish boy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (2,392 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.