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.
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Sofie Gråbøl as Ester
Louise Fribo as Lisa
Carl Quist Møller as Carl
Vigga Bro as Esters mor
Torben Jensen as Esters far
Kirsten Lehfeldt as Frk. Thomsen
Lene Vasegaard as Lærerinden
Benny Poulsen as Bananen
John Hahn-Petersen as Gadebetjent
Birgit Conradi as Skolesundhedsplejerske
Litten Hansen as Esters moster
Margrethe Koytu as Vaskekone
Karina Broch Petersen as Beboer i kvarteret
Rosa Trier as Beboer i kvarteret
Eva Madsen as Ismejeridame
Pelle Koppel as Oscar
Sasha Feder as Beboer i kvarteret
Karen Margrethe Bjerre as En rig kone
Lars Lunøe as En rig mand
Henrik Larsen as Lisas far
Peter Schrøder as Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Lene Brøndum as Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Hanne Ribens as Ekspedient i chokoladeforretning
Daimi as Beboer i kvarteret
Else Petersen as Frk. Thomsens mor
Per Sessingø as Børnelokker
Claus Nissen as Mand på gaden
Michèle Bellaiche as Pige i gården(uncredited)
Annette Heick as Pige i gården(uncredited)
Erik Thygesen as Gæst til fagforeningsbal(uncredited)
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