/bVSWyDQn2b5xkm64iI5Hc06oDHQ.jpg

Let the River Flow (2023)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 58M

Director : Ole Giæver

Synopsis

Forty years ago Norway was closely following the drama surrounding the Alta controversy. For Ester, the protests become more than a fight against the construction of a dam.

Actors

Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
Ester
Gard Emil Elvenes
Gard Emil Elvenes
Mihkkal
Sofia Jannok
Sofia Jannok
Risten
Beaska Niillas
Beaska Niillas
Piera
Marie Kvernmo
Marie Kvernmo
Finn Arve Sørbøe
Finn Arve Sørbøe
Maria Bock
Maria Bock
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch
Sverre Porsanger
Sverre Porsanger
Mikkel Gaup
Mikkel Gaup

Crews

Ole Giæver
Ole Giæver
Director
Maria Ekerhovd
Maria Ekerhovd
Producer
Ole Giæver
Ole Giæver
Writer
Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Director of Photography
Ola Fløttum
Ola Fløttum
Music

Similar

Running on Empty
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind.
The Chicago 8
Based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Me and My Little Sister
Loving someone of the same gender is frowned upon in Sami communities. Sparrooabbán (Me and my little sister) shows what it’s like to be a minority within a minority. Suvi describes how her little sister Kaisa wishes to be accepted as she is. Like her sister, Kaisa is a Sami, but also in a relationship with a woman, and she also works as a deacon. There are obviously more constricting communities in the film than only one.
Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
As the "Arab Spring" protests for justice and democracy spread through the middle east in early 2011, people long repressed by the Bahrain monarchy spontaneously gathered at the central Pearl Square to join in the call for their rights.
Kaisa's Enchanted Forest
Crottet came to Suonikylä in Petsamo for the first time already before the World Wars, and was enchanted by the self-regulatory community he met there. Gauriloff skilfully combines documentary material and the most dreamlike layers of the human mind, letting the harmony of the inner voices crash into the chaotic noise of the surrounding world.
A Shout into the Wind
The fate of a culture lies on the shoulders of few determined individuals.
What's Next
Based on a true incident in 2019 when a notorious pro-Beijing Hong Kong politician openly displayed his camaraderie with the triad goons who attacked peaceful protestors. Wong's sophisticated, compact drama goes beyond agitprop and grapples with complexities and tensions in the movement. The same district election featured here is documented in Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down.
The Luddites
In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.
Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency
A Sámi woman is fighting against the Swedish Tax Agency about a tax deduction for the purchase of a dog, as it is not a pet, but used for reindeer-herding. A short documentary about cultural clashes and the struggle to practice Sámi culture in today's Sweden.
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle
The AssimiNation is a political pamphlet portraying the indigenous Sámi people fighting for their existence. The film follows the on going cultural genocide of the Sámi which the current Governmental politics allow. This film is a cry for help for the last indigenous people living in the EU.
Je'vida
Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in with Alzheimer's.
The Threat
On Saturday, April 26, spring came to Sweden. That same day, Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Bringing mild winds to Scandinavia. Sweden suffered heavily of radioactive poison.
I brist på bevis
Håkan Dahlin has just been discharged from a clinic where he has been treated for his alcoholism. When he immediately goes out with his friend to get drunk and then goes home and abuses his wife he gets forcibly interned again.
Made in Tärnaby
Follows Astrid & Sune as they show techniques and methods of sami handcraft.
Into the Land of Ice and Fire
Two parallel stories are gradually unfolding the everyday life of two very different persons - that of 86-year-old Sara and 7-year-old Mihka - both residing in Guovdageaidnu - Kautokeino, in the middle of the Norwegian arctic tundra, through the drastic change of the arctic seasons and the passage from the long winter’s darkness to the never-ending light of the summer season.
Rap and Reindeer
The documentary Rap and Reindeer follows the life of 18-year-old Sámi rapper Mihkku Laiti, who lives in the northernmost corner of Sámiland. The film is a coming-of-age story, following Mihku on his journey towards a career as a musician and rise to stardom in the midst of varying expectations. He’s charmed the crowd on Talent Suomi and proudly wears the Sámi clothing he has styled himself. He raps and yoiks in harmony, designs his own brand on his computer but also masters the skill of laborious reindeer herding. Above all, he sees his own unique roots and the Sámi language as his greatest strength. The future makes him wonder: to follow his father’s footsteps or to reach for his dreams.