In a hopeless small town in Sweden, lives Maja, 18 years old. Her highest and only dream is to become an actress. She wants to be the center of attention - for everyone to see HER, to see the beautiful person she is inside. It's just a little hard to see. Maja is severely overweight, clumsy and completely without social skills... We get to follow Maja and her struggle to realize her dreams during the last semester of high school.
Acting
Zandra Andersson's fearless physicality—no vanity, all vulnerability.
Direction
Fabik never mocks Maja; the camera loves her when no one else does.
Director
Teresa Fabik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Swedish 'feel-bad comedy' tradition—less Hollywood redemption, more Bergman in a tracksuit. This sits beside 'Together' and 'Songs from the Second Floor.'
Zandra Andersson gained 30kg for the role then struggled to find work afterward—Hollywood loves transformative weight gain until it's time to cast you again.
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