Directed by Petter Næss Starring: Rupert Grint, Florian Lukas, Stig Henrik Hoff, Sondre K. Larsen, Kim Haugen Premiere: 3 March 2012, Norway For the last decade, Ron Weasley (‘Harry Potter’, actor Rupert Grint) has battled some of the most dangerous… Read More ›
Storyline: Ulrik is reluctantly let out of prison after serving 12 years for murder. He has to cope with his gang, his ex, a few women -and a snitch. His son has a fiancé. Her family doesn’t approve of murder…. Read More ›
The Guardian: A superb Norwegian film about a junkie spending a day outside the rehab centre, ballasted by an excellent central performance. An intelligent and resonant work from Norwegian director Joachim Trier, a movie that yields up its meanings and… Read More ›
Storyline: Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he’s a train engineer retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of… Read More ›
Update: Upcoming Norwegian Movies 2013 2011 was a great year for Norwegian film. Never before have Norwegian movies been rewarded with so many international awards: Happy, Happy (5 awards), The King of Devil’s Island (4 awards), Oslo, August 31st… Read More ›
The Troll Hunter (Norwegian: Trolljegeren) is a 2010 Norwegian dark fantasy film, made in the form of a “found footage” mockumentary. It is written and directed by André Øvredal, and features a mixed cast of relatively unknown actors and well-known… Read More ›
Storyline: Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment – even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an… Read More ›
Hamer imbues the whole of Home For Christmas with his trademarks of soulful contemplation and dry, understated wit. The Yuletide tends to reveal the best of human nature in Bent Hamer’s Home For Christmas, a bittersweet but tender-hearted seasonal ensemble… Read More ›
The Norwegian film ‘King of Devil’s Island’ has been awarded with 7 international film awards in 2011. Storyline: ‘Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged… Read More ›
Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because… Read More ›
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