When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a human life truly weighs and which measurements she intends to live by.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 33 min.
- Country, year
- Norway, Germany, France, 2014
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Norwegian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Bent Hamer
- Screenplay
- Bent Hamer
- Cinematography
- John Christian Rosenlund
- Music
- John Erik Kaada
- Cast
- Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker, Stein Winge, Hildegunn Riise, Per Christian Ellefsen, Christian Erickson
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
Director
Bent Hamer
Bent Hamer was born in 1956 in Sandefjord, Norway. His feature film debut, the critically acclaimed Eggs (1995), premiered as part of the Director’s Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI award at the Toronto International Film Festival. His second film, Water Easy Reach (1998), was hailed by critics. In 2002 he premiered his third feature film Kitchen Stories. The film was screened at 40 international film festivals. His feature films also include Factotum (2005), O’ Horten (2007) and Home for Christmas (2010). In 2003 Scanorama organised his retrospective.
