North

Humor/Everyday life, Norway 2009

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Jomar smokes, sleeps and drinks a lot - with a preference for high-proof alcohol. Ever since an accident ended his sporting career and his best friend stole the woman of his dreams from him, he has been feeling sorry for himself as a lift attendant in the snowy wastelands of Norway. However, when Jomar (Anders Baasmo) learns that he is to have a four-year-old son high up in the north, he starts up his snowmobile and grabs a five-liter can of alcohol as his only provisions for a journey that is as curious as it is poetic. Rune Denstad Langlo's laconic (off-)road movie celebrated its premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlinale. At Jomar's side, we immerse ourselves in Norway's breathtaking landscapes in the direction of the Arctic Circle, where it seems to be teeming with bizarre characters and new perspectives on the happiness we thought we had lost. In the end, a lonely young woman, a world-weary old man, a cheerful tank driver and a boy with original drinking habits become Jomar's unexpected guides back to life...
76 min
SD
FSK 12
Audio language:
GermanNorwegian
Subtitles:
German

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival 2009 Best New Narrative Director
Berlin Int.Film Festival 2009 FIPRESCI Prize Label Europa Cinemas
Amanda Awards 2009 Best Supporting Actor Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

More information

Writer:

Erlend Loe

Composer:

Ola Kvernberg

Original title:

Nord

Original language:

Norwegian

Further titles:

Voreia

Format:

1:2.35 SD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

GermanNorwegian

Subtitles:

German