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Beloved

1 hr. 53 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

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In a small coastal town, Asle and Gerda fall in love and have a son. But their life together is overshadowed by hardship: Asle is irresistibly drawn to the sea, while Gerda is increasingly left alone with their boy. The love between two people, balanced between desire and responsibility, dreams and reality, gradually gives way to distance. The interplay of silence and the film’s visual language, with troubled gazes set against the majestic Norwegian landscape, becomes the director’s way of exploring the subtle shifts in a relationship that are difficult to put into words. Beloved is a mature screenplay written back in 1988 by Poppe’s longtime friend, screenwriter and Nobel Prize laureate Jon Fosse, which has waited almost 40 years for its cinematic interpretation.
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Erik Poppe

Erik Poppe

Erik Poppe is one of Norway’s most acclaimed contemporary directors and screenwriters. He began his career as a press photographer and cinematographer, graduating in cinematography from Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm in 1991. His films Hawaii, Oslo (2004), A Thousand Times Good Night (2013) and The King’s Choice (2016) have also screened at Scanorama.
Languages
Norwegian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Kjærast
Produced
2026: Norway

Film information

Director
Erik Poppe
Producers
Finn Gjerdrum
Screenplay
Jon Fosse
Cinematography
Andreas Johannessen
Cast
Kåre Conradi, Kristi-Helene Engeberg, Leo Magnus de la Nuez, Njål Lambrechts
More information
www.imdb.com

Upcoming screenings

Thursday, 5 November

18:30

Skalvija · Hall 1

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Saturday, 7 November

18:00

Romuva · Didžioji salė

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