Kalak (2023)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 43M

Director : Isabella Eklöf

Synopsis

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, who was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. But ultimately he has to confront his father.

Actors

Asta August
Asta August
Emil Johnsen
Emil Johnsen
Soren Hellerup
Soren Hellerup
Hans Jukku Noahsen
Hans Jukku Noahsen
Connie Kristoffersen
Connie Kristoffersen

Crews

Isabella Eklöf
Isabella Eklöf
Director
Isabella Eklöf
Isabella Eklöf
Writer
Kim Leine
Kim Leine
Writer
Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Writer
Isabella Eklöf
Isabella Eklöf
Editor

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