Turning his back on a delinquent past and joining the police force, HP is determined to start doing the right thing. Soon he finds himself trapped in a web of lies, stretching out from both sides of the law. HP soon realizes that his present mission is closely connected to his own past, and that everything he worked so hard to escape from, is coming back to haunt him.
Acting
Nicolai Cleve Broch's wounded, volatile physicality.
Direction
Faldbakken's claustrophobic Oslo streets, no escape routes.
Director
Stefan Faldbakken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Norway's wave of 'nordic noir' exports, Uro was deliberately grittier than glossy Wallander adaptations—director Faldbakken wanted Oslo's immigrant neighborhoods, not postcard fjords.
The original working title translated to 'The Runner'—changed when producers feared it sounded like a sports film. The final title 'Uro' means both 'unrest' and 'disturbance' in Norwegian.
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