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Films from the country "norvege", sorted by production date
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, 1h22Directed by Nils Gaup
Origin Norvege
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Agnes Kittelsen, Jakob Oftebro, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Bjørn Sundquist
Pour rompre la malédiction qui a privé le Roi de sa fille bien aimée, Sonia, une jeune orpheline, part en quête de l'Étoile du Nord, l'astre qui veille sur Noël. Commence alors pour elle un fabuleux voyage...
Thale (2012)
, 1h16Directed by Aleksander L. Nordaas
Origin Norvege
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Silje Reinåmo
Elvis and Leo run a crime scene cleanup business and are hired to clean up after a death, when they discover Thale, a female humanoid creature with a cow's tail that appears to be incapable of human speech, hidden in a basement. Playing a tape left behind by her captor, Elvis and Leo learn of her life in captivity, and that she has been the subject of medical experimentation. Later, paramilitary soldiers come to recapture Thale. Thale's fellow creatures, hulders that are more satyr-like, come to the rescue and leave Elvis and Leo alive. Thale later rejoins the hulders in the wild.
The Mountain (2011)
, 1h13Directed by Ole Giæver
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Nora et Solveig sont deux femmes en couple qui décident de gravir une montagne comme elles le font habituellement.
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011)
, 1h16Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Julia Schacht, Helene Bergsholm
Alma is addicted to telephone sex hotlines. She secretly feels for Arthur, an equally shy teenager. One day he approaches her in a very bizarre manner. She tells her best friends about this and her story makes her the talk of the town. When Arthur denies the episode, she's subsequently considered a slandering crank and becomes an outcast.
Curling King (2011)
Origin Norvege
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Sports d'hiver
Actors Ane Dahl Torp, Linn Skåber, Harald Eia, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Ulf Brunnberg
Champion de curling, Truls Paulsen est un obsessionnel compulsif. Dévoré par ses angoisses, il est contraint d'arrêter de jouer et de faire un séjour dans une clinique psychiatrique. Mais aussitôt sorti et placé sous tutelle, il n'a qu'une idée en tête: reformer l'équipe et gagner le championnat...
Oslo, August 31st (2011)
, 1h35Directed by Joachim Trier
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about suicide
Actors Anders Danielsen Lie, Malin Crépin, Tone Mostraum
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On 30 August, he is given a day's leave to attend a job interview in the city center. After visiting his friend Thomas, he proceeds to his appointment. In the interview, he admits to being a drug addict and storms out. He then wanders the streets of Oslo for the rest of the day and night, meeting, and sometimes confronting, people from his past. The film ends the next day, 31 August. Anders, who has bought some drugs on his day away from the rehab clinic, retreats to a room and injects.
Headhunters (2011)
, 1h40Directed by Morten Tyldum
Origin Norvege
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aksel Hennie, Baard Owe
Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), Norway's most successful headhunter, supports his lavish lifestyle by stealing paintings from his clients. His partner Ove (Eivind Sander) works at a surveillance company and deactivates security at the victims' homes. Roger's wife, Diana (Synnøve Macody Lund), an art gallery owner, introduces him to Clas Greve (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), an executive who wants to work for Pathfinder, a GPS technologies company, for which Roger is recruiting. Roger becomes jealous of Diana's attraction to Clas. Diana tells Roger that Clas owns a rare Rubens painting. Roger takes Clas to lunch to discuss the job at Pathfinder and after playing squash later, he notices scars on Clas's back. Clas mentions he received them during his [military] service, where he was a member of a special forces unit that specialized in tracking people, a fact which gives Roger pause for thought. Despite his misgivings, Roger meets with Ove to work out details on stealing the painting. Roger manages to steal it from Clas' home but he discovers Diana's cellphone beside Clas' bed. Later, after a seemingly successful meeting with Pathfinder, a still distraught Roger flippantly informs Clas that the company may be looking for someone else to fill the position.
Dark Souls (2011)
, 1h35Origin Norvege
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Jan Hårstad
A young girl, Johanna (Johanna Gustavsson), is jogging alone in the woods when she is suddenly attacked and seemingly murdered by a mask-wearing maniac with a power drill.
The Monitor (2011)
, 1h36Directed by Pål Sletaune
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children
Actors Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Andrine Sæther
Anna (Noomi Rapace) and her 8-year-old son Anders (Vetle Qvenild Werring) move into a large flat outside Oslo. Anna is concerned that they will be found by her violent husband after being relocated. The two receive occasional visits from two child care workers, Grete and Ole, who warn Anna that her ex-husband may soon reopen a custody case regarding Anna and Anders. Anders begins attending a nearby school.
Pelle Politibil går i vannet (2010)
, 1h14Origin Norvege
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Bjørn Sundquist, Benjamin Bollen, Camille Donda, Pierre Laurent, Bernard Métraux, Philippe Peythieu
Lors d'une mission de sauvetage, Ploddy la voiture de police, reçoit un choc électrique terrible et devient, contre toute attente, une voiture électrique pleine d'énergie.
NOKAS (2010)
, 1h27Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Dans la matinée du 5 avril 2004, la ville de Stavanger est le théâtre du plus spectaculaire braquage de l'histoire de Norvège, où, durant 20 minutes, 11 hommes muni d'un arsenal d'armes de guerre dérobent 51 millions de couronnes (environ 10 millions de dollars) dont 37 n'ont jamais été retrouvés. Un Policier a été tué par balle…
Happy, Happy (2010)
, 1h25Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary, Romance
Actors Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen
The film tells the tale of two supposedly contented couples, where in truth, there are dark secrets of homosexuality and previous affairs. Kaja (the 'Happy Happy') has gone on her housewife affairs unbeknownst her loveless husband is gay. On the other hand, the couple that comes to visit in the guest house is apparently so happy happy as well, but the reality is there is no joint interest.
Troll Hunter (2010)
, 1h43Directed by André Øvredal
Origin Norvege
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Otto Jespersen
A group of university college students, Thomas (Glenn Erland Tosterud), Johanna (Johanna Mørck) and their cameraman Kalle (Tomas Alf Larsen), set out to make a documentary about a suspected bear poacher, Hans (Otto Jespersen). At the site of an illegally slain bear they interview local hunters, who comment that the bear tracks look odd, as well as Finn Haugen (Hans Morten Hansen), head of the Norwegian Wildlife Board. Finn dismisses the idea that the bear tracks could have been faked. The students follow Hans in an attempt to secure an interview but he continually rebuffs them. After following him into a forest at night time, they see mysterious flashing lights and hear roars. Hans comes running back, screaming "Troll!" Thomas is attacked and bitten by a large animal. They escape in Hans’ Land Rover, and discover their own vehicle turned over with the tyres ripped off. Hans admits that he does not hunt bears, but trolls. Though sceptical, the students ask if they can join Hans and film his hunt, to which he consents on the condition that they do as he instructs.
King of Devil's Island (2010)
, 1h55Directed by Marius Holst
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about children, Prison films, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Trond Nilssen, Kristoffer Joner, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
At the Bastøy prison for youths, the newest arrival, Erling "C19," soon becomes friends with Olav ("C1"). Under the rule of Håkon, Erling comes to terms with the harsh winter, the mistreatment by the staff, and the hated Housefather Bråthen. Later, Olav sees Bråthen molesting "C5", Ivar, a timid, shy boy in the laundry room. When he raises this with the Governor, the boys are severely punished and C5 is reassigned to duties far away from Bråthen. However, after hearing that Bråthen expects him to be back in the laundry room tomorrow Ivar drowns himself in the freezing Norwegian waters, while the rest of the boys are chopping wood. Bråthen is apparently fired, to the overwhelming delight of the other boys. Olav is paroled and is planning to leave, but on the way to the departing boat, walks past Bråthen, who had been sent away on a shopping trip until Olav, the only witness to Ivar's rape, had left Bastøy. Olav and Erling attack Bråthen and as punishment they are locked in the freezing solitary confinement. They are freed by Bjern, one of the few Bastøy boys who has remained on the island as a caretaker. Olav again pursues Bråthen, and the attack inspires a mass uprising. The boys ransack the prison, and drive away the staff. Bråthen is repeatedly hung and released and then beaten. The barn he is in is set ablaze, but Erling drags him to safety. The navy is brought in and violently puts down the uprising. Olav and Erling manage to escape across a frozen fjord back to the mainland, but Erling falls through a gap in the ice close to shore and quickly freezes to death.
Norwegian Ninja (2010)
, 1h37Directed by Thomas Cappelen Malling
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Linn Stokke, Henny Moan
The story, set during the Cold War, involves the conflict between the Norwegian ninjas, King Olav V's secret army tasked to maintain Norway's independence, and a clandestine stay-behind group who carry out false flag operations that get blamed on Communists.