The film was produced by Drakfilm Produktion AB in collaboration with the Swedish Film Institute and Treklövern HB, with a budget of 2.5 million Swedish kronor. The cinematography was handled by Rune Ericson, while the original music was composed by Bengt Edqvist and Börje Sandquist. Karsten Wedel not only directed but also co-wrote the screenplay with Göran Setterberg and edited the film.
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Jag är Maria follows 11-year-old Maria, who is forced to spend her summer with relatives in a small, quiet town, a change of pace that initially feels restrictive and isolating. The narrative core of the film is Maria’s unlikely and "strange friendship" with an older, solitary man named Jon, as detailed on Letterboxd . The film was produced by Drakfilm Produktion AB
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Synopsis. A story about a strange friendship between 11-year-old Maria and an older man Jon. Letterboxd I Am Maria (1979) directed by Karsten Wedel - Letterboxd If you want to delve deeper into this
The story unfolds over a single, turbulent summer. Maria’s father is an alcoholic, her mother is emotionally absent, and her two older brothers have left home. Feeling invisible and suffocated, Maria begins acting out—skipping school, dyeing her hair, and falling into a dangerous romantic relationship with a 19-year-old drifter named Kenneth.
The story centers on 11-year-old Maria Moffman, who is sent to live with her mother's cousin, Lennart, and his wife, Maj-Britt, in a small town. The reasons are that her mother is starting a new life with a partner, and Maria must adjust to a new environment. It is during this difficult transitional period that she encounters Jon, a disheveled and intimidating older man whom the townspeople fear and shun, considering him crazy and dangerous.