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Let the River Flow
Finland, Norway
2023, Color, Norwegian, Saami; Turkish captioned, English subtitled, 124 dk
2023 Göteborg Film Festival; Best Feature Film Audience Award, Best Feature Film FIPRESCI Prize 2023 Amanda Awards; Best Film, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor 2023 Tromsø International Film Festival Best Film Audience Award
Director: Ole Giæver
Screenplay: Ole Giæver
Cinematography: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Editing: Wibecke Rønseth
Music: Ola Fløttum, Pessi Levanto
Producer: Maria Ekerhovd
Production: Mer Film, Oy Bufo Ab
Cast: Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, Gard Emil, Sofia Jannok, Beaska Niilas
Synopsis
Summer 1979... Ester, a 23-year-old newly graduated teacher, moves to the town of Alta in northern Norway to start her career. Like many of the Saami, the native people of Scandinavia, Ester is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Her cousin Mihkkal, on the contrary, openly embraces his roots and takes Ester to see the camp of a group demonstrating against the government's plan to build a hydroelectric power station. As she meets the people fighting to protect the river in this predominantly Sami region, Ester slowly realises that the conflict is about much more than environmental concerns; her people's identity and culture are under challenge.
Ole Giæver
Born in 1977 in Tromsø. He is a Saami director, screenwriter and actor from Norway. He was educated at the Nordland Art and Film College in Lofoten and Konstfack in Stockholm. His debut feature film was “The Mountain”, released 2011. His second feature was “Out of Nature” in which he also played the leading role, for which he was awarded The Kanon Award for Best Actor in 2015.
- Vision Date 21 October 2023 Saturday
- Film Type Drama, Historical
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