Directed by:
Mona J. HoelScreenplay:
Mona J. HoelCinematography:
Robert NordströmCast:
Svein Scharffenberg, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Krister Henriksson, Jerzy Nowak, Irena Kwiatkowska, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Kari Simonsen, Bjarte Hjelmeland (more)VOD (1)
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The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather. Especially when the kerosene stove leaks, one of the children suffers from asthma, one of the daughters is lovesick, mom desperately tries to stay happy and dad is so thirsty. The Polish father-in-law sings his beautiful love ballads, the Swedish neighbour drops by for a slow waltz, the children go ice fishing, the dog wallows wildly in the close quarters, mom makes huge meals. Daughter Liv wishes for reconciliation, fervently hoping that there is a future for herself and her family. Yet at the same time she lances a boil which hides more than her father's skeletons under the mattress. (Norsk Filminstitutt)
(more)Cast
Svein Scharffenberg
Norway
Best movies:
Pathfinder (1987)
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Korczak (1990)
Krister Henriksson
Sweden
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Faithless (2000)
Sanna ögonblick (1998)
Jerzy Nowak
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Camera Buff (1979)
The Promised Land (1974)
Irena Kwiatkowska
Poland
Best movies:
Rozmowy kontrolowane (1991)
Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
Interrogation (1982)
Potop (1974)
Wszystko będzie dobrze (2007)
Kari Simonsen
Norway
Best movies:
Hold My Heart (2002)
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
Aberdeen (2000)
Bjarte Hjelmeland
Norway
Best movies:
Benedikte Lindbeck
Norway
Best movies:
Cry in the Woods (2004)
Geir Kvarme
Norway
Gørild Mauseth
Best movies:
The Telegraphist (1993)