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The Quiet Girl
Why this pick
A restrained rural coming-of-age story built from silences, observation, and a child's shifting sense of home; its emotional force arrives without melodrama.
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MOVIE2016 1h 50m NOR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the present day, 78-year-old Elle-Marja (who calls herself Christina, these days) returns with her son, Olle, and granddaughter Sanna, to Lapland, and her childhood society, to attend her younger sister's funeral. Elle-Marja doesn't want to be there. She does not like the Sami people, calls them thieves and liars, and even though her first language is Southern Sami language, refuses to speak it and pretends to not understand it. She even refuses to spend the night at her late sister's family home and would rather check into a hotel. (This part of ''Sami Blood'' is taken directly from ''Stoerre Vaerie.'')
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Hanna Alström
The Teacher
Andreas Kundler
Gustav
Olle Sarri
Olle