In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

• DirectorAstrid Henning-Jensen
• Release7 November 1986
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 30m
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  5.3
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  DR, Det Danske Filminstitut, Metronome Productions