Its not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party… One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn. Sons of Norway is a film about rebellion, punk rock, suburban hell and the struggle between freaks and punks. But most of all, its the story of an unusual father-son relationship, and about the strength of the bonds we sometimes do our best to rip apart.
Feature film fiction 87’ 2011)
Directed by Jens Lien
Written by Nikolaj Frobenius
Starring: Sven Nordin, Sonja Richter, Johnny (Lydon) Rotten…
Coprod. Friland AS (NO), Nimbus (DK), Gemini (DE)
International Sales: Playtime
2011 Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (NO) KANON AWARD FOR BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, TO SVEN NORDIN ♦ The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund (NO) ♦ Toronto International Film Festival (CA) ♦ Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy (FI) ♦ Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (EN) BEST ACTOR TO SVEN NORDIN ♦ Reykjavik International Film Festival (IC) ♦ Les Arcs European Film Festival (FR) AWARD FOR THE BEST MUSIC ♦ 2012 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (US) ♦ Göteborg International Film Festival (SW) FIPRESCI AWARD ♦ Cinequest Film Festival Discovery Zone (US) ♦ Luxembourg City Film Festival (LU) ♦ Istanbul Film Festival (TU) ♦ CPH:PIX 2012 Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (DK) ♦ Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (US) BEST FEATURE FILM ♦ Seattle International Film Festival (US) ♦ Norwegian Film Week, Moscow (RU) ♦ Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
(CH) ♦ Fantasia International Film Festival (CA) ♦ Transatlantyk Poznan International Film and Music Festival (PL) ♦ Lucas International Children’s Film Festival (DE) ♦ Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (BE) ♦ European Film Forum Scanorama (LT) ♦ Brisbane International Film Festival (AS) ♦ 2013 European Youth Film Festival of Flanders (BE) ♦ Nordic Film Week in Vienna (The Northern Film Festival (AU) ♦ Days of European Film (CZ)