Special programme “Northern Laughter”

Utopia – Nobody is Perfect in the Perfect Country

1 hr. 25 min. | Drama, Comedy | N/A

The idea for this film was born at the Oslo Screenwriters Club. Its authors sought to find the ideal point of contact between the author and the director, the political party and history. We fly through the Norwegian landscape and slowly descend on the gas station roof in the middle of nowhere. The owner of the gas station is Lhasa, but he works without enthusiasm and is constantly trying to find excuses just to work on his projects. He constructs an airplane that will one day lift him into the air and fly him from the gas station to a new life. Gun is a nineteen-year-old philosophy student from Africa. She works at a gas station while Lasha crashes into her secret plane. The gas station becomes the center of eight different interconnected stories, all based on the philosophy of Norway’s major political parties.

Martin Asphaug

Martin Asphaug

Born in 1950, director Martin Asphaug began his career in Norway as a cameraman, screenwriter and editing director. There he also created about a hundred short films and television commercials. In 1989, the director made his successful debut with his first feature film, Time in the Palm.
Arild Frölich

Arild Frölich

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Sara Johnsen

Sara Johnsen

Sara Johnsen was born in 1970. She studied literature, photography and media before she entered directing class of the Norwegian Film School. She graduated in 2000 with her film Hormones and Other Demons (2000) being screened at several international film festivals, and winning several international awards. In 2004 S. Johnsen also debuted as an author with a collection of short stories entitled He Knows Something She Should Try, later published her first novel, White Man, in 2008. She made her feature film debut in 2005 with the critically acclaimed drama Kissed by Winter. Her second feature Upperdog (2009) won a grand total of five Amanda statuettes.
Magnus Martens

Magnus Martens

Magnusas Martensas (g. 1973) studijavo Londono tarptautinėje kino mokykloje ir 1999-aisiais debiutavo laimėjusiu apdovanojimą trumpametražiu filmu „Edis Stargazeris“ („Eddie Stargazer“). Nuo tada jis kūrė reklaminius ir muzikinius vaizdo klipus. Yra sukūręs novelę filmui „Utopija – niekas nėra tobulas tobuloje šalyje“. „United“ – režisieriaus vaidybinis debiutas.
Hans Petter Moland

Hans Petter Moland

Hans Petter Moland was born in 1955 in Oslo, Norway, he studied film at Emerson College in Boston and has been working as a director for over 20 years, making commercials and feature films. He made his debut as a feature film director in 1993 with the WWII-drama, The Last Lieutenant. His next film, Zero Kelvin (1995), won numerous awards. He has continued to direct award-winning feature films with international acclaim, such as Aberdeen (2000), The Beautiful Country (2004) and A Somewhat Gentleman (2010), which all were screened in Scanorama. He made his first documentary, When Bubbles Burst, in 2012.
Terje Rangnes

Terje Rangnes

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Thomas Robsahm

Thomas Robsahm

Thomas Robsahm was born in Arendal in 1964. He worked for NRK (Norwegian National Broadcaster), where he made several documentaries and short films. In 2000, Robsahm founded Speranza Films, a company that produces documentaries and feature films and feature films.
Ingebjørg Torgersen

Ingebjørg Torgersen

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Morten Tyldum

Morten Tyldum

Mortenas Tyldumas (g. 1967), baigęs Niujorko vizualinių menų akademiją, dirbo „NRK“ televizijos programoje vaikams „U“. Jis yra vienas sėkmingiausių Norvegijos režisierių, inscenizavęs keletą trumpų dramų. Labiausiai išgarsėjo juosta apie Konservatorių partiją „Daugiausia žmonių gyvena Kinijoje“ („Folk flest bor i Kina“, 2002), ironiškai vaizduojančia šiuolaikinę ideologiją. „Draugelis“ yra jo debiutinis vaidybinis filmas.
Languages
Norwegian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Folk flest bor i Kina
Produced
2002: Norway

Film information

Director
Martin Asphaug, Arild Frölich, Sara Johnsen, Magnus Martens, Hans Petter Moland, Terje Rangnes, Thomas Robsahm, Ingebjørg Torgersen, Morten Tyldum
Screenplay
Harald Roseløw Eeg, Nicolaj Frobenius, Marion Hagen, Kjetil Lismoen, Erlend Loe, Per Schreiner
Music
John Erik Kaada
Cinematography
Gaute Gunnari, Trond Høines, John A. Andersen, Anders Flatland
Cast
Trond Høvik, Sven Nordin, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Kristin Skogheim, Gjerterud Jynge, Nils Sletta, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Henrik Mestad, Ågot Sendstad, Ingrid Jørgensen
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