Anna-Olivia Øster Coakley

At Santa Claus School, the principal has called a meeting. Lucia, her parents Julius and Claudia and everyone else at school are excited. But the tension is replaced by a shock when the headmaster cancels Christmas. He seems confused, and it soon becomes clear that he is trapped in a Christmas trauma from his younger days as Santa Claus. Lucia sets out to find out what has happened and with the help of the younger student Elias and a magical time machine, she travels back in time in the hope of saving Christmas.

19세기 말 덴마크 농장에서 장녀로 태어나고 자란 14살 리즈는 학교에 진학해 새로운 인생을 맞이할 준비에 들떠 있다. 그러나 기나긴 밤이 지나는 동안 난산으로 고통받는 어머니를 지켜보면서, 리즈는 유년시절과 예기치 못한 작별을 고해야 한다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)

Asta fights a daily battle to conceive a child before her biological clock rings out.