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The wonderful Vicky Krieps plays a married woman who is dying of a rare lung disease in Bordeaux, France. As she struggles with her inevitable mortality, she decides to leave her loving husband behind and travel alone to a remote spot in Norway, and spend the rest of her days there. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Mar 3, 2025 - 1 comment

This is a 2018 American thriller film about the 2011 Norway attacks and its aftermath. 22 July was the date of the events, where lone wolf terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77. Directed by Paul Greengrass. It features a Norwegian cast (that unfortunately speaks English in a quasi-Scandinavian accent).
posted by growabrain on Oct 14, 2018 - 2 comments

Headhunters (Hodejegerne), a fantastic action thriller film, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Norwegian Jo Nesbø. Aksel Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter Roger Brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. He finds out that one of his job prospects is in possession of a valuable painting and sets out to steal it. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Aug 19, 2017 - 10 comments