The Slingshot

If growing up were easy, everybody would do it.

A gritty coming-of-age drama set in 1920s Stockholm that unflinchingly portrays childhood vulnerability amid class struggle, institutional cruelty, and family dysfunction.

Stockholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.