| Brief Description: | This Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film, set in 1950s Norway, is a lyrical, biting look at a small church community and the grandeur of adolescence. Maria (Marie Theisen), the preacher's daughter, attempts to free herself from the constraints of the community and her cold fish father, who doesn't always practice what he preaches. She finds an ally in the soulful, free-thinking, middle-aged Mrs. Tunheim (Hildegun Riise), who works at the church. Theisen and Riise shared the Best Actress Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. In Norwegian with English subtitles. |
