Marit Hamdahl

Film about a woman's struggle in a male-dominated society in the late 1800s. Amalie Skram was one of our first female writers who fought woman liberation cause. In a society that did not accept that a woman could have its own independent work, it was difficult for a woman to work as a creative artist, wife and mother. The author's autobiographical novels "Professor Hieronimus" and "On St. Jorgen" underlies this film.

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.

Wasim, Riaz et Munawar, trois jeunes immigrés qui ont grandi dans la banlieue d'Oslo, tombent dans le petit banditisme par ennui de l'école. Ils sont rapidement recrutés par un gang géré par les frères Sadiq et Khalid. Au fil du temps, les petits larcins deviennent trafics de drogue, violence, et meurtres.

The movie begins with a disenchanted poet who, having had his fill of the world, decides to hide out in a large department store. There are many floors, dusty nooks and crannies, and forgotten storerooms where he can secret himself. He believes he has found the peace and serenity he seeks--away from humankind--in order to write his poetry. To his initial horror, he finds he is not alone. There are Others who have also sought refuge in the dark places of the department store. He quickly finds himself at the mercy of this clandestine social underclass, for none may leave and risk exposing those who have spent years in the store. What quickly evolves is a chilling tale involving the poet and a young woman who had lost her way in the store while a mere child, and who has since spent her entire life as the downtrodden handmaid to the evil matriarch who rules her clan with an iron fist.

Helmer is hunting moose in Trøndelag. He is suspected of manslaughter after a hunting team has discovered that a shot was fired with Helmer's rifle.