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U – July 22

( 2017 )
Official Selection out of Competition |
 
Norway
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 Norwegian |
 92 min

About the Film

On July 22, 2011, more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by a heavily armed right-wing extremist. The murderous assault claimed 69 lives. Director Erik Poppe reconstructs the gruesome events of that summer in the traumatic story told from the point of view of the victims.

Director

Erik Poppe

Producer

Stein b. Kvae

Production Company

September Film

Screenplay

Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Anna Bache-Wiig, Erik Poppe

Cinematography

Martin Otterbeck

Editing

Einar Egeland

Sound

Gisle Tveito

Cast

Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad

Contacts

Producer

Stein b. Kvae

Production Company

September Film

Screenplay

Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Anna Bache-Wiig, Erik Poppe

Cinematography

Martin Otterbeck

Editing

Einar Egeland

Sound

Gisle Tveito

Cast

Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad

Contacts

More About Film

On July 22 2011 more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. Earlier that day he bombed a Government building in Oslo before making his way to Utøya island. In this first fictional movie about the attack we get to know Kaja (18) and her friends. The movie starts when the youngsters, shocked by the bombing in Oslo, are reassuring their relatives that they are far away from the incident. Suddenly, the safe atmosphere is shattered when shots are heard. We then follow Kaja as she tries to survive – minute by minute.