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The Birdcatcher
Fourteen-year-old Esther (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina) lives with her Jewish parents in 1942 Trondheim under Nazi occupation. It's an idyllic, middle-class existence until German soldiers arrive in the middle of the night and arrest Esther's father. Esther and her mother escape in a truck but their flight to freedom is halted by a German patrol. The teenager evades capture by hiding in a chest. Alone in sub-zero conditions, the girl threatens to succumb to the cold. She follows 16-year-old Aksel (Arthur Hakalanti) back to his parent's farm. There are frequent patrols by German soldiers and the repercussions for Aksel would be grave if Esther is discovered. The plucky teenager decides to hide in plain sight transforming herself into a boy.
