Simon & the Oaks

About Simon & the Oaks

Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany.

Lisa Ohlin's Simon & the Oaks is a 2011 history war film. It runs 122 minutes and was released in December 2011.

Bill Skarsgård stars as Simon Larsson, Helen Sjöholm as Karin Larrson, Jan Josef Liefers as Ruben Lentov, and Katharina Schüttler as Iza. Written by Marnie Blok.

Shelv files it under best friend, coming of age, and world war ii.

Lady Bird, The Edge of Seventeen, and Big make useful companions to Simon & the Oaks. It scores 6.4 out of 10 from 57 TMDB voters.