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HAN (2021)

HAN poster
Directed by
Guro Bruusgaard
Genre
drama film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows three Norwegian males at different ages: a screenwriter in his 60s, an unemployed man, and an 11 year old boy. Each faces a moment where expectations or systems push against them.

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What happens

HAN (HIM) is a Norwegian drama film from 2021 directed by Guro Bruusgaard. The film is Bruusgaard's first feature film as a director, and she also wrote the script with Fijona Jonuzi. The film was produced by the production company Alternativet, which Bruusgaard runs together with Katja Eyde Jacobsen, Mariken Halle, and Magnus Mork. The film premiered during the Tromsø International Film Festival in January 2021 and the cinema premiere was on June 4, 2021. Johannes Joner, Emil Johnsen, and Frank Werner Laug play the three main roles in the film. The film presents three different stories about the male role in Norway and follows the screenwriter Petter, 60 years old, played by Joner, who feels he is a victim of a gender quota when he does not receive financial support for a film about Fridtjof Nansen; unemployed Eirik, played by Johnsen, who loses support from the Norwegian public welfare agency; and 11-year-old Harald, played by Werner Lang, who is reprimanded by his teacher in front of the class. The film won Eurimages' award for best film in progress and a prize of NOK 500,000 during the 2019 Norwegian International Film Festival. For the film, Marte Magnusdotter Solem was nominated for the 2021 Amanda Award in the category Best Supporting Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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