A Human Position

Jan 17, 2022

1h 18m

★ 6.7

Overview

Long blue hours characterise summer nights in the sleepy Norwegian port town of Ålesund. Asta is a young journalist working for the local newspaper, where she is expected to report on local sports, historic preservation, and cruise ships. It is only when she stumbles across the strange story of a refugee’s forced deportation, that she finds new meaning in her work and life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Vesterhavet

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Cast

Asta Østrem

Amalie Ibsen Jensen

Live

Maria Agwumaro

Geir Åge

Lars Halvor Andreassen

Vaktsjef

Pål Bakke

Lars Tore

Kjetil Dyb Lied

Anne

Anita Valderhaug

Demonstrator

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