Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort

1997 · 57 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Family

7-year old Ida has to take care of her kid brother Skrubsak, feed the family and keep the child welfare officers at stake. Ida's father has left the family for another woman, and so far Mum has found consolation in the bottle. The second of Jesper W. Nielsen trilogy: Buldermanden, Lykkefanten and Ogginoggen.

Directed by Jesper W. Nielsen · Written by Anker Li

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