Love Me!

Feb 28, 1986

2h 6m

★ 5.6

Overview

Sussie is 15, raised with her alcoholic mother and an absent father. She has lived in several foster homes. Now she gets one last chance with a new family, the Lindgren's who live in a large house by the sea.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Svenska Filminstitutet

SF Studios

Esselte Video

Filmstallet

SVT

Love Me! Trailers

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Cast

Sussie

Anna Lindén

Birger "Oxen"

Örjan Ramberg

Tomas

Tomas Fryk

Larsson

Hans Strååt

Gunnar

Tomas Laustiola

Ernst Günther

Martha

Lena Granhagen

Ann

Jenny Kai-Larsen

Stig Torstensson

Sussie's mother

Elisabet Palo

Carl-Olof Alm

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