Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

2022 · 90 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama

After many years of separation, landscaper and part time dealer of illegal fireworks – Anders – is contacted by his father Thomas who is about to lose the family farm. To help his father, Anders returns home and starts a larger production of illegal fireworks and begins shipping it through the family's freight company. Through the traffic of fireworks, the family finds a way towards reconciliation and forgiveness for the first time since the family tragedy twenty years ago which Anders feels responsible for.

Directed by Christian Bengtson · Written by Christian Bengtson

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