PREVIEW: Hope (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Andrea Bræin Hovig (House of Fools), Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting), Elli Rhiannon Müller Osbourne (Utoya – July 22), Alfred Vatne Brean (film debut), Steinar Klouman Hallert (Thelma), Daniel Storm Forthun Sandbye (film debut), Eirik Hallert (film debut), Dina Enoksen Elvehaug (film debut), Einar Økland (film debut), Gjertrud L. Jynge (Glass Dolls), Alexander Mørk Eidem (Secondløitnanten), Johannes Joner (Hamsun)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Maria Sødahl (The 7 Deadly Sins), director, writer; Thomas Robsahm (Thelma), producer; Manuel Alberto Claro (Melancholia), cinematographer; Christian Siebenherz (Love Me), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Anja (Hovig) and Tomas (Skarsgård) are a couple whose respective careers in the creative arts have made them distant from each other. However, when Anja receives a life-changing diagnosis, their relationship is put further to the test as they rediscover themselves and each other anew…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

From Nordic filmmaker Maria Sødahl comes a hard-hitting and ultimately endearing human drama featuring two committed central turns by Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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