Tongue Cutters (2017)
Tungeskjærerne (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 25min
- Documentary
- 10 Mar 2017 (Norway)
- Movie
- 2 nominations.
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Cast
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Tobias Evensen | ... |
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Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell | ... |
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Directed by
Solveig Melkeraaen |
Written by
Solveig Melkeraaen | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Ingvil Giske | ... | producer |
Music by
Håkon Gebhardt |
Cinematography by
Håvard Fossum |
Editing by
Erland Edenholm | ||
Solveig Melkeraaen | ||
Mina Nybakke | ||
Elise Solberg |
Editorial Department
Nikolai Waldman | ... | colorist |
Sound Department
Niels Arild | ... | sound editor / sounddesign |
Andreas Lindberg Svensson | ... | sound recordist |
Production Companies
- Bautafilm (co-production)
- Deadline Media (co-production)
- Hansen & Pedersen Film og Fjernsyn (co-production)
- Medieoperatørene
Distributors
- Tour de Force (2017) (Norway) (theatrical)
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Plot Summary |
Hidden between a row of fishermen gutting fish, standing on a floor full of blood and intestines we find Tobias (10). In front of him is a big box filled with cod heads. With an almost frightening pace he slices and cuts the tongues off the heads, and puts them on a big nail. In the northern part of Norway Tobias and many other children work as cod tongue cutters. The tongues are considered a delicacy, and they are exported around the world to countries like China and Japan. But in Northern Norway they are simply everyday food when in season. The children start from the age of 6, and can earn a lot of money during a winter season. This job has always been reserved for the children, as long as the fishing industry has existed. They even have their own cod tongue cutting championship every February. This winter city girl Ylva (9) from Oslo will spend her winter vacation up in the North. Normally she lives far away from cod heads, sharp knives, fish blood and intestines, but this winter she will visit her grandparents to try and learn the art of cutting tongues, just like her mother and her grandfather did before her. |
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Taglines | Small children, big knives. A youth doc about young kids from the age of 6 working as cod tongue cutters in Northern Norway. See more » |
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Box Office
Budget | NOK5,500,000 (estimated) |