Klara moves to a small town with his mother after the parents divorced. She feels alienated unable to make friends. Most of the girls in her class likes to ride and to get closer to them, Klara lies about being an experienced rider.
Acting
Rebecca Plymholt's deer-in-headlights panic is genuinely relatable
Practical Effects
Real horses, real falls, zero CGI safety net
Director
Alexander Moberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Swedish 'ponnyklubb' culture peaked in the 2000s; this is basically a time capsule of a very specific Nordic childhood obsession.
Director Alexander Moberg mostly worked in TV; this was his rare theatrical feature, shot on location in Södertälje with local riding schools providing the horses.
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