Sons of Norway sm

Sons of Norway

(Sonner av Norge)

Year 2011
Runtime 88 mins
Language Norwegian, English subtitles
Subtitles Norwegian language with English subtitles
Alberta Premiere

Nikolaj's family is anything but ordinary. Newly arrived in the planned community of Rykkin — a town his father helped design — they're the type to celebrate Christmas by quoting Nietzsche and staging a playful protest against the patriarchy. Rebellion is in his blood.

When Nikolaj's mother is killed in a traffic accident and his father descends into a seemingly endless depression, Nikolaj seeks his own way to lash out at the world's unfairness. Armed with safety pins, hair dye and the Sex Pistols' newly minted Never Mind the Bollocks, Nikolaj embraces Johnny Rotten's rallying cry of “No future” as the only way through.

A punk-rock coming-of-age story, Sons of Norway is thoughtful and raucous all at once. As Nikolaj's father starts to take inspiration from his son's new-found nihilism, the question becomes, how do you rebel when your dad is right there beside you?

Countries

Norway
Festivals
Toronto INternational Film Festival 2012
Director
Jens Lien
Executive Producer
John Lydon, Aste Vatn
Producer
Christian Fedrik Martin, Friland Produksjon
Screenwriter
Nikolaj Frobenius
Cinematographer
Morten Soborg
Editor
Vidar Flataukan
Music
Ginge Anvik
Cast
Sven Nordin, Asmund Hoeg, John Lydon