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The Block
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The Block

Aug 29, 2023
1h 30m
★ 7.0

Overview

In central Oslo, Egil (78) and his neighbors in an apartment block are threatened with losing their rented flats to a billionaire raiding such old apartment blocks around Oslo, just as he has done all over Northern Europe. We face the harsh reality of living on the wrong side of the shiny welfare state in one of the world’s wealthiest countries. The film portrays what happens when a group of people constantly live in fear of being thrown out of their homes in an affluent society.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Fenris Film

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Cast

Aslaug Holm

Aslaug Holm

Raymond Johansen

Raymond Johansen

Egil Kolstø

Egil Kolstø

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