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Frida - med hjertet i hånden (1991)

117 min · Comedy, romance film

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Directors

Berit Nesheim

Cast

Maria Kvalheim, Ellen Horn, Helge Jordal, Andreas Bratlie

A 13-year-old turns a book about love into a guide for matchmaking, with mostly disastrous results.

The story

During the summer holidays, 13-year-old Frida discovers psychoanalyst Erich Fromm’s book “The Art of Loving.” Preoccupied with love and frequently falling for someone herself, she decides to use the book as a guide to improve the romantic lives of the people around her, including her friends and her divorced mother. Her efforts mostly go disastrously. Her best friend and neighbor, Kristian, watches her dreams and thoughts with exasperation, as Frida’s well-intentioned attempts to shape other people’s love lives unfold.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

During the summer holidays, 13-year-old Frida discovers a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm titled “The Art of Loving.” Using it as a guide, she tries to improve the love lives of both her friends and her divorced mother, with mostly disastrous results. Frida is very preoccupied with love and keeps falling in love. Kristian, her best friend and neighbor, watches her dreams and thoughts with exasperation. But love works in mysterious ways...

Genres

Comedy, romance film

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