News from the North

Welcome to Norway!

1 hr. 30 min. | Drama, Comedy | Pegi 13

It’s not easy to brightly discuss such themes as the migrant crisis which is weighing on Europe during the last few years. However, it looks like this film manages to send the message that the most important thing - from Africa to the Arctic - is to be a human being.

A not-that- lucky entertainer Primus (by Anders Baasmo Christiansen) comes up with a plan how to maintain the family business. He decides to convert his family’s hotel into a refugee reception center, and takes in the first fifty refugees even before the construction works are finished. Thanks to one of the refugees, Abedi (by Olivier Mukata), the first night in the shelter doesn’t turn into a religious war, and Abedi continues to accompany Primus, who apparently is not really sure of what he's into.

Rune Denstad Langlo

Rune Denstad Langlo

Rune Denstad Langlo is a Norwegian film director. He started his career i cinema after various experiences in other fields. Throughout his career as a film director, he has created a film for television, also a few feature documentaries and features. His first feature North (2009), for which he was awarded the Best New Narrative Director award in Tribeca Film Festival, has been screened in Scanorama.
Languages
Norwegian, English, Arabic, Swahili, French
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Welcome to Norway!
Produced
2016: Norway

Film information

Director
Rune Denstad Langlo
Producers
Patrik Andersson, Espen Osmundsen, Eirik Smidesang Slåen
Cast
Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Slimane Dazi, Kristoffer Hjulstad
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