Director
Knut Erik Jensen
Cast
The Berlevag Male Choir
Edition 2001
105'
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2001
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
Norwegian
Focusing on the members of the Berlevåg Male Choir, the film paints a moving and funny portrait of the men, as well as telling everything there is to be said about the harshness of life in Norway’s extreme north. The members of the choir, whose ages range from fairly young to very old, talk freely about their lives, their loves and their dreams for the future. The last are rather bleak, as their incomes have been hit by progressive closures of the fisheries. Still, rehearsals and occasional public performances provide a shelter for the men from the rigors of the real world, and forge a sense of unity. Docu intercuts scenes of the choir singing, often wearing dinner jackets in the middle of some wilderness. Final sequence shows the men singing on the main street of Berlevåg while a blizzard rages, and they’re almost completely covered by ice and snow. It’s a perfect final for a beautiful and extraordinary film. (www. variety.com)
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Credits
Directors
Knut Erik Jensen
Cast
The Berlevag Male Choir
Director of Photography
Svein Krøvel, Aslaug Holm
Editors
Aslaug Holm
Producers
Tom Remlov
More info
Dialogue
Norwegian
Countries of production
Norway, Sweden
Year
2001