Marta Balaga Be scared, be very scared: Skoop Media has dropped the trailer for new series “Raspberry Hill.” “It challenges children in a way that’s refreshing,” says Skoop Media’s head of acquisitions and marketing Fulko Kuindersma. “Nowadays, kids are more resilient than we give them credit for. ‘Raspberry Hill’ [‘Hallonbacken’] embraces this by delving into suspenseful themes, which also makes it appealing to parents.
It’s truly something special.” In the story – shot in Swedish and based on a book by Finnish-Swedish author Eva Frantz – 12-year-old Stina suffers from a lung disease and lives in the slums of Helsinki in the 1920s.
When she is sent to a sanatorium on an island in the middle of nowhere, she begins to explore it with her two roommates, Astrid and Christine.
One night, a mysterious boy shares a terrifying secret with her. When her roommate suddenly dies, Stina realizes her life is in great danger: someone is after the children’s hearts.
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