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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

Jun 10, 2005
0h 51m
★ 5.8

Overview

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mikrofilm
Motlys

Cast

Henriette Steenstrup

Origamijenta

Henriette Steenstrup

Jan Gunnar Røise

The Director

Jan Gunnar Røise

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thorbjørn Harr

Anders

Thorbjørn Harr

Linn Skåber

The Sister

Linn Skåber

Silje Torp

Eva Larsen

Silje Torp

Anne Marit Jacobsen

The Fortune Lady

Anne Marit Jacobsen

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