Set in the late 1800s, Hunger is about a struggling, starving Norwegian writer (Per Oscarsson) who rejects charity, even though he lives penniless in the streets, because he believes in the strength of his talent. Oscarsson won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his remarkable performance. The film is based on Knut Hamsun’s novel, Sult.
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Tag Archives: Norway
Brozer / Frailer (2014) Mijke de Jong, Marnie Blok, Lieneke le Roux, Leonoor Pauw, Drama
Frailer tells the story of an actress playing a part that reflects her real life story. Whilst playing a woman dying of cancer, Muis her doctor tells her she has not much more time left. She will die soon. The film follows the transition of her and her film sisters, shifting from their characters to who they really are, actresses dealing with their friend upcoming death. We watch Leonoor become physically frailer but mentally stronger as she is slowly accepting her faith. Whilst ending the film, she leaves her film sisters, her real life husband and children but also the viewer, behind forever.
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Kunsten å tenke negativt / The Art of Negative Thinking (2006) Bård Breien, Fridtjov Såheim, Kjersti Holmen, Henrik Mestad
The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.
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Drabet / Manslaughter (2005) Per Fly, Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Beate Bille
A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.
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