An unusually true-to-life film about one 9-year-old girl's summer that she spends at home without anyone looking after her. Her family leaves for a long trip, and is forced to leave her home, to be taken care of by a young woman, a friend of the family. While the girl – she and her parents are never named – was upset when her parents leave, the nanny is far more an annoyance than helpful, and the girl successfully schemes to make the nanny, too, go away for several weeks.

The way the "home alone" theme is treated is the exact opposite of the notorious movie Home Alone. Flickan offers a very real look into the inner world of a quiet, resourceful child who finds herself without a care taker. She browses old photo albums, tries on clothes, watches the rain fall. There is no narration nor much dialogue, but its quality prevails over quantity.

She has two girl friends, who turn out not to be that nice, and she meets a boy of her age. The range of things she does and which happen to her reflect reality, with much of it mundane, but including fear, sexual curiosity, thoughtless cruelty, joy, and a touchingly small moment of triumph in the end.

Production values are a little on the weak side, which is not a problem for a movie of this type. Some more dialogue would have helped getting to know the girl however. As it is, I was left wanting something more.