After a dramatic car chase, the two 16-year-old boys try to get off on foot. However, a policeman pulls his weapon and shoots one of the boys in the back. Based on actual events.
Acting
Eirik Kvåle's hollow-eyed desperation haunts long after credits.
Direction
Glomm refuses catharsis — the camera just watches, unblinking.
Director
Lasse Glomm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real 1976 Alta shooting sparked national debates about police militarization that echo in Nordic crime dramas today.
Director Lasse Glomm was denied cooperation from actual police departments and had to reconstruct the chase using amateur drivers and hidden cameras.