Wayfarers (1989)

Original title

Landstrykere

Directed by

Ola Solum

Genre

drama film

Country

Norway

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

12

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1860s Nordland Norway a group of itinerant workers and traders navigate the end of an old way of life. The story follows their relationships and struggles as modernity begins to reshape their world.

melancholicslow-burnatmosphericintrospectivebittersweetcontemplativegroundedearthylanguid

What happens

Wayfarers (Norwegian: Landstrykere) is a 1989 Norwegian feature film directed by Ola Solum. The screenplay was written by Hans Lindgren, Lars Saabye Christensen, and Solum. It is based on the 1927 novel Wayfarers by Knut Hamsun. The film depicts Nordland during the transition between the era of the "privileged traders" and modernity in the 1860s. The film was released on DVD in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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