Norwegian Film Festival
City:
Moscow
Cinemas:
35mm
Dates:
30 May – 6 June 2012
Милосердие
Gnade
Countries: Norway, Germany
Year: 2012
Director: Matthias Glasner
Cast: Birgit Minichmayr, Jürgen Vogel, Henry Stange
Genre: drama
Language: German, Norwegian
Translation: russian subtitles
Time: 2 hours 12 minutes
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As the film begins, we learn that father of the family Niels (Jurgen Vogel) has accepted a contract as an engineer on a Norwegian natural gas liquefying plant, with the intention of taking his wife Maria (Brigit Minichmayr) and teenage son with him. Niels is hardly the perfect father or husband - openly admitting to a past affair and quickly becoming involved with an attractive co-worker upon arrival at his new workplace. Unawares, Maria busies herself as a nurse at a local hospice for the fatally ill, until one night she hits something in the darkness on the way home. With both protagonists wracked with guilt (for different reasons), the family must bind together or face fragmentation in the three month-long twilight that runs from November-January.
Awards and festivals:
Berlin International Film Festival - participation
CPH:PIX - participation
Melbourne International Film Festival - participation
Schedule:
6 June, Wednesday