On the background of a hunger strike to save a famous salmon river from being dammed up for electrical power development, the Sami Ole Raino believes in his own protests. He plans a sabotage.
Acting
Nils Utsi's restrained desperation says everything.
Cinematography
The river itself becomes a character—beautiful and doomed.
Director
Bredo Greve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few 1980s films centering Sámi activism, made with Sámi actors during a real period of hydroelectric expansion threatening traditional lands.
Director Bredo Greve was blacklisted by Norwegian state television for years after; this film was essentially his comeback.
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