The idea for this film was born at the Oslo Screenwriters Club. Its authors sought to find the ideal point of contact between the author and the director, the political party and history. We fly through the Norwegian landscape and slowly descend on the gas station roof in the middle of nowhere. The owner of the gas station is Lhasa, but he works without enthusiasm and is constantly trying to find excuses just to work on his projects. He constructs an airplane that will one day lift him into the air and fly him from the gas station to a new life. Gun is a nineteen-year-old philosophy student from Africa. She works at a gas station while Lasha crashes into her secret plane. The gas station becomes the center of eight different interconnected stories, all based on the philosophy of Norway’s major political parties.
Utopia – Nobody is Perfect in the Perfect Country
Folk flest bor i Kina Directors Martin Asphaug, Arild Frölich, Sara Johnsen, Magnus Martens, Hans Petter Moland, Terje Rangnes, Thomas Robsahm, Ingebjørg Torgersen, Morten Tyldum
1 hr. 25 min. · Norway, 2002 · Drama, Comedy · Norwegian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · N/A
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 25 min.
- Country, year
- Norway, 2002
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- Norwegian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Martin Asphaug, Arild Frölich, Sara Johnsen, Magnus Martens, Hans Petter Moland, Terje Rangnes, Thomas Robsahm, Ingebjørg Torgersen, Morten Tyldum
- Screenplay
- Harald Roseløw Eeg, Nicolaj Frobenius, Marion Hagen, Kjetil Lismoen, Erlend Loe, Per Schreiner
- Cinematography
- Gaute Gunnari, Trond Høines, John A. Andersen, Anders Flatland
- Music
- John Erik Kaada
- Cast
- Trond Høvik, Sven Nordin, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Kristin Skogheim, Gjerterud Jynge, Nils Sletta, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Henrik Mestad, Ågot Sendstad, Ingrid Jørgensen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Martin Asphaug
Born in 1950, director Martin Asphaug began his career in Norway as a cameraman, screenwriter and editing director. There he also created about a hundred short films and television commercials. In 1989, the director made his successful debut with his first feature film, Time in the Palm.
Director
Arild Frölich
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Director
Sara Johnsen
Sara Johnsen was born in 1970. She studied literature, photography and media before she entered directing class of the Norwegian Film School. She graduated in 2000 with her film Hormones and Other Demons (2000) being screened at several international film festivals, and winning several international awards. In 2004 S. Johnsen also debuted as an author with a collection of short stories entitled He Knows Something She Should Try, later published her first novel, White Man, in 2008. She made her feature film debut in 2005 with the critically acclaimed drama Kissed by Winter. Her second feature Upperdog (2009) won a grand total of five Amanda statuettes.
Director
Magnus Martens
Magnusas Martensas (g. 1973) studijavo Londono tarptautinėje kino mokykloje ir 1999-aisiais debiutavo laimėjusiu apdovanojimą trumpametražiu filmu „Edis Stargazeris“ („Eddie Stargazer“). Nuo tada jis kūrė reklaminius ir muzikinius vaizdo klipus. Yra sukūręs novelę filmui „Utopija – niekas nėra tobulas tobuloje šalyje“. „United“ – režisieriaus vaidybinis debiutas.
Director
Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland was born in 1955 in Oslo, Norway, he studied film at Emerson College in Boston and has been working as a director for over 20 years, making commercials and feature films. He made his debut as a feature film director in 1993 with the WWII-drama, The Last Lieutenant. His next film, Zero Kelvin (1995), won numerous awards. He has continued to direct award-winning feature films with international acclaim, such as Aberdeen (2000), The Beautiful Country (2004) and A Somewhat Gentleman (2010), which all were screened in Scanorama. He made his first documentary, When Bubbles Burst, in 2012.
Director
Terje Rangnes
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Director
Thomas Robsahm
Thomas Robsahm was born in Arendal in 1964. He worked for NRK (Norwegian National Broadcaster), where he made several documentaries and short films. In 2000, Robsahm founded Speranza Films, a company that produces documentaries and feature films and feature films.
Director
Ingebjørg Torgersen
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Director
Morten Tyldum
Mortenas Tyldumas (g. 1967), baigęs Niujorko vizualinių menų akademiją, dirbo „NRK“ televizijos programoje vaikams „U“. Jis yra vienas sėkmingiausių Norvegijos režisierių, inscenizavęs keletą trumpų dramų. Labiausiai išgarsėjo juosta apie Konservatorių partiją „Daugiausia žmonių gyvena Kinijoje“ („Folk flest bor i Kina“, 2002), ironiškai vaizduojančia šiuolaikinę ideologiją. „Draugelis“ yra jo debiutinis vaidybinis filmas.
