3 Movies Starring Hildegun Riise

The Other Side of Sunday

The Other Side of Sunday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-01

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1021 Reviews)

Director:

Berit Nesheim

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Lasse Glomm

Berit Nesheim

Reidun Nortvedt (novel)

Fullplot:

The Other Side of Sunday, Also known in Norwegian as "Sndags Engler", is a movie that criticizes the small, and often tight church community. We follow the Preachers Daughter; Maria in her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her father.

Falling Sky

Falling Sky

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-18

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway, Denmark

Runtime:

83 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (888 Reviews)

Director:

Gunnar Vikene

Fullplot:

Reidar is a resident at Solihègda psychiatric institution. He is expecting the Earth to be hit by a huge meteor any time now, but until then he is busy trying to keep his fellow patient, Juni, from killing herself. And it doesn't happen often. But maybe one is allowed to hope. That when the quarks in the ball are correctly aligned with the quarks in the wall that you throw it at, there won't be a collision. But a moment of harmony when everything is balanced. And that moment could be now.

1001 Grams

1001 Grams

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-26

Languages:

Norwegian, French, English

Countries:

Norway, Germany

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (431 Reviews)

Director:

Bent Hamer

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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.

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