Når mørket er forbi (2000)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Knut Erik Jensen

Writers:

Alf R. Jacobsen (writer)
Knut Erik Jensen (writer)

Release Date:

28 January 2000 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Oslo lawyer Josef Omgang returns to his native village on the Finnmark coast, where he finds his father's seafood company in trouble...

Plot Keywords:

Coast | Norway | Small Town | Childhood Memory | Fisher

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Stig Henrik Hoff	...	Josef Omgang
Snorre Tindberg	...	Wilhelm Omgang
Gørild Mauseth	...	Doris
Gunnel Lindblom	...	Anna
Nicholas Hope	...	Edvin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Grethe Bøe	...	Marion
Mathias Eckhoff	...	Fredrik
Stein Erik Eriksen	...	Josef as Child
Francesco Gabriele	...	Restauranteier
Vadim Gouchtchin Borisovitch	...	Nikolaj
Gudmund Gulljord	...	Georg Tarafin
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer	...	Krebs
Kristoffer Jørgensen	...	Kim
Lasse Kristensen	...	Josef as Child
Nicklas Lagerløf	...	Young Josef
Ian Magilton	...	Samson
Ola Otnes	...	Dommer
Lana Paouli	...	Tatjana
Elisabeth Stenhaug	...	Jente på Fileten

Also Known As:

Passing Darkness (International: English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Berlevåg, Finnmark, Norway

Company:

Barentsfilm AS

Boring...how slower can this movie get!

Again, I had higher expectations. I was definitely disappointed. I tried to pay attention to the movie. I tried to sit in one spot while watching it. And I've also tried to like it. To be honest, its not a terrible film, but it drags. Does it have a few slow parts?? No, it has MANY slow parts. There were literally maybe a couple or a few parts (at max) in the movie that actually had some sort of action in it. Though I'd give credits for it being filmed in one of the most remote places of Norway...Finnmark. Also, its story wasn't all that bad at all. I've always loved Northern Norway...therefore, I didn't hesitate to watch this film. Perhaps I could have caught quite a few more glimpses of the vast wilderness there in this movie, of this beautiful part of the country...since the story talked about how a fishing village's economy was on a downfall. But all there was, was talking...talking...and talking. It takes patience to watch this film. I can handle some slower films, but this one didn't catch my attention. The plot was not strong enough, unlike "Insomnia" and "Cellofan/Cellophane".

Overall, if you don't mind a slow movie, this wouldn't be a terrible one. But personally, I must say this is probably my least-favourite Norwegian films that I have in my collection. Most films I can watch a second time or a few times...but this one, I'd have to be drunk.

6/10 (to be nice)