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Aberdeen
$21.95 | 113 minutes
Writer-director Hans PetTer Molland (ZERO KELVIN) deftly combines two traditional cinematic genres--the road movie and the dysfunctional family drama--to create a moving character study that is entirely his own. Kaisa (Lena Headey) is a successful, hard-edged career woman living in London. Days after receiving a promotion, she is asked&hellip…
Cool & Crazy On the Road
$21.95 | 105 minutes
This engaging documentary follows The Berlevag Male Choir as they embark on their first tour of North America, just weeks after the horrific tragedy of September 11th. The thirty Norwegian singers, ranging in ages from thirty to ninety, bring their songs of faith and joy to Americans everywhere, proving that music has the ability to move&hellip…
Cool and Crazy
$12.95 | 89 minutes
The Berlevag Male Choir are a group of men who sing songs of spirituality in and around their home country of Norway. This documentary introduces audiences to this unique singing group. It also follows the singers as they prepare for a Russian tour. This portrait of the choir highlights both the talent on display as well as the deep bond&hellip…
Edvard Munch
$19.95 | 174 minutes
Famously described by Ingmar Bergman as a "work of genius", Peter Watkins' multi-faceted masterpiece is more than just a bio-pic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter. Focusing initially on Munch's formative years in late 19th Century Kristiania (now Oslo), Watkins uses his trademark style to create a vivid picture of the emotional&hellip…
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Hamsun
$21.95 | 154 minutes
A compelling dramatization of the last years of Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's life, when he and his actress wife shocked the world by publicly supporting the Third Reich and openly advocating the Nazi occupation of Norway. But the Hamsuns' controversial politics are strongly rooted in their unconventional and tumultuous family&hellip…
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Hawaii, Oslo
$14.95 | 125 minutes
This bracing Norwegian film from director Erik Poppe takes place on a scorching hot day in Olso, and follows an eclectic cast of floundering characters that includes a young couple desperate to pay for their baby's lifesaving surgery, a lovelorn mental patient and his convict brother, a suicidal washed-up singer, and a possibly insane&hellip…
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Hunger
$15.95 | 112 minutes
A starving writer in 1890's Norway stumbles through the streets in search of his own fantasies. His articles are all refused by editors until he is left penniless and without food. Though he is forced to subsist on paper and dust from his cupboard, he retains his humanity by giving any food he gets to those who may need it more&hellip…
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Insomnia
$25.95 | 97 minutes
Swedish detective Jonas Engstrom is working out of the Norwegian city of Oslo after being transferred following an indiscretion with a witness. When he finds himself investigating the murder of a young woman just beyond the Arctic Circle in the gray Norwegian coastal town of Tromso, sunlight, fog, the 24-hour sunlight, and suspicious&hellip…
Kristin Lavransdatter
$25.95 | 180 minutes
Scandal, shame, and destruction beset the beautiful Kristin Lavransdatter when she rejects her arranged marriage and pursues a romance with the strapping young knight Erlend. In 1995, more than half the population of Norway bought tickets to see this critically-acclaimed medieval romance, directed by Ingmar Bergman protege Liv Ullman&hellip…
Monster Thursday
$14.95 | 103 minutes
This Norwegian drama takes place against the backdrop of the country's surfing community. Other than their love of the sport, Tord and Even couldn't be more different. Tord has a great job and a pregnant wife named Karen. Meanwhile, Even is going nowhere, certain only of his love for Karen. When Tord leaves his wife in Even's care, Karen's&hellip…
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