Bjurra (1970)

Directed by

Kåre Bergstrøm

Genre

drama, family

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

6

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Children from a boarding school spend a summer on an abandoned island. After the adult caretaker's wife is hospitalized, the kids run the island themselves, creating their own newspaper, sports clubs, and local government.

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What happens

Bjurra is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Kåre Bergstrøm, starring Henki Kolstad and Inger Marie Andersen. Bjurra is an abandoned fishing village on Lofoten island. One summer the place is visited by thirteen children from a boarding school, along with their caretaker Pedersen (Kolstad) and his wife (Andersen). When Mrs. Pedersen one day breaks her leg and needs to be hospitalized, the children take over the care of the island. They establish a newspaper and a sports clubs and stage a play. The children even write a constitution and select a municipal council and a president. In a short while, Bjurra develops into a viable community, with the children's caretaker, Pedersen, as honorary citizen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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