Fjord

“For 20 years, Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 MONATE, 3 WOCHEN UND 2 TAGE) has been the leading voice of the New Romanian Cinema. With his sixth film as director, this exceptional filmmaker is at the height of his art: FJORD is an electrifying masterpiece in which Mungiu unfolds a multi-layered story against a majestic Norwegian backdrop, one that resists easy answers. For the first time he works with international film stars: the leads are played by Sebastian Stan, known as the Winter Soldier from the AVENGERS films, honoured at the Berlinale for his performance in A DIFFERENT MAN and Oscar-nominated for THE APPRENTICE, and Renate Reinsve, celebrated at Cannes for DER SCHLIMMSTE MENSCH DER WELT and SENTIMENTAL VALUE, for which she was Oscar-nominated and won the European Film Award. She is currently enjoying success in cinemas with BACKROOMS. FJORD was awarded the Palme d’Or for best film at the 79th Festival de Cannes.

Mihai (Sebastian Stan) and Lisbet (Renate Reinsve) move with their five children from Romania to a remote village in Norway. Despite cultural differences and a strict religious upbringing, the children settle in faster than expected and form close friendships with the neighbours. But the fragile new beginning begins to wobble when the eldest daughter, Elia, turns up at school one day with bruises. The suspicion that the parents are physically abusing their children leads the authorities to step in and threaten to tear the family apart.” (Alamode, translated from the German)