THE ROOTLESS BRITTA LARSEN | AGE 52 Britta Larsen grew up with five siblings in a working-class home in Fredriksberg in Copenhagen. The family was happy despite living under difficult conditions, but there was never any peace to do homework and enjoy some quiet time alone. Britta therefore got a position in the house when […]

THE ROOTLESS GIOACCHINO LO EASELO | AGE 33 Gioacchino Lo Easelo came to Denmark for the first time in 2002 and worked as a waiter in a restaurant. He lost the job and went back home to Sicily, but did not find work and therefore returned to Denmark. He hopes to find a job, but […]

THE ROOTLESS ROCKY | AGE 4 1/2 Rocky is Johnny Gram’s and Bettina Borregaard’s dog.

THE ROOTLESS MITZI JULENDAL | 22 YEARS Mitzi Julendal is from Copenhagen. She grew up in a family where the father drank and she had to do the washing and hoovering. As a 9-year-old, she moved in with an old lady, where she found the love and care she did not receive from her parents. […]

THE ROOTLESS LEE HØGSBERG | AGE 39 Lee Høgsberg was born in Germany, but was adopted to Denmark when he was one month old. He was very attached to his mother and when she died of cancer, he became violent and criminal from pure powerlessness. He was 14 years old. Lee went sailing for a […]

THE ROOTLESS DION CHRISTENSEN | AGE 25 Dion Christiansen is from Glostrup. He grew up with a sick mother and lived mainly with a foster family. Dion’s mother died when he was 11 years old. After that, he had it difficult in school, but when he, as a 17-year-old, was accepted to the film and […]

THE ROOTLESS ANNIE KÆRSHOLM FREDERIKSEN | AGE 62 Anni Kærsholm Frederiksen used to be a doctor’s wife with a large house, cars and three children, but when her loneliness became too much, she began drinking for comfort. Problems and disagreements with her husband could no longer be hidden and they were divorced after 32 years […]

THE ROOTLESS MICHAEL BOSERUP | AGE 35 Michael Boserup grew up in a foster family on Djursland and had a good childhood. He never got an education, but travelled around in Denmark for a few years where he also found a girlfriend. They were together for a long time, but finally broke up. It was […]

THE ROOTLESS DENNIS PATRICK KNUDSEN | AGE 44 Dennis Patrick Knudsen was born in Nyboder in Copenhagen.His father beat both him and his mother. When he was 19, he had had enough and threatened to kill his father if he continued. The family disowned him and Dennis went into the military for 3 years. When […]

THE ROOTLESS GHEORGHE DUMITRACHE | AGE 32 Gheorghe Dumitrache is from Buzau in Romania. The family home was destroyed by a natural disaster, so the family moved around and lived with friends and family. He has three children, whom he cannot provide for, so he is in Denmark to find a permanent job and a […]