Norway,
2004, 125 min
Shown in 2005
CREDITS
- dir
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Erik Poppe
- prod
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Finn Gjerdrum
- scr
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Harald Rosenløw Eeg
- cam
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Ulf Brantås
- editor
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Einar Egeland
- mus
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Bugge Wesseltoft, John Erik Kaada
- cast
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Trond Espen Seim, Jan Gunnar Røise, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Aksel Hennie, Petronella Barker, Robert Skjaerstad, Benjamin Røsler
- source
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Norwegian Film Institute, PO Box 482, Sentrum, Oslo 0105, Norway. FAX: 47-22-47-45-97. EMAIL: stine.oppegaard@nfi.no.
- premiere
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U.S. Premiere
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FILM POSTER
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COMMENTS
Erik Poppe in person.
OTHER
Northern European cinema heats up with this fresh look at a group of chilled Norwegians about to break down on the hottest day of the year. Proclaimed by Variety as “one of the best Norwegian films made in many years,” this Scandinavian Short Cuts follows several strangers interconnecting during one eventful Oslo night. A male nurse believes he can sense the future (as long as he’s asleep), while a suicidal former pop star pines for the past. Hawaii (the bar) is the local Oslo dive where two long-lost lovers swear to meet to fulfill their childhood amore; Hawaii (the state) is also the place where one lover’s brother dreams of fleeing during his one-day furlough from jail. Meanwhile, a grief-stricken married couple hopes to make a desperate trip to the United States for an operation that could save their child’s life. Through the heat of a strange Oslo summer, these characters run, bike and fall—some ready to die, but others anxious to finally live. Director Eric Poppe keeps their stories moving briskly through a gorgeous-looking Oslo, aided by the moody, stylized urban imagery of cinematographer Ulf Brantås. Norway has never looked so good, nor Northern Europeans so lovestruck.
FACTOID #73
James Wong Howe was the first cinematographer to receive a tribute at the Festival, October 19, 1974. The legendary lenser photographed such classics as The Thin Man, Pursued, Sweet Smell of Success and Hud.
