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A Polar Year

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Anders leaves Denmark for a teaching position in rural Greenland. As soon as he arrives, he finds himself at odds with the tightly-knit locals. Only through a clumsy and playful trial of errors can Anders embrace their snow-covered way of life.

Critics Reviews

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Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter 02/06/2018
Visually striking and memorably intimate. Go to Full Review Francisco Marinero El Mundo (Spain) 03/01/2019
1/5
It gets stuck halfway between an anthropological study and the pure contemplation of landscapes. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) 03/01/2019
A film filled with spectacular locations that is a lesson on humility in occasions when civilization and the wild collide. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) 02/25/2019
3.5/5
What almost begins as The Ballad of Narayama ends in [a] happy cultural communion. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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05/23/2019 2019-2-13 The silver world is stunning. The scene of mother polar bear and 2 kids is touching. And I just know that Inuit is asian. No wonder I feel they look so much like Japanese while watching the movie. Very different culture even nowadays. See more Read all reviews
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Samuel Collardey

Director

Anders Hvidegaard

Anders

Asser Boassen

Asser

Thomasine Jonathansen

Thomasine

Gert Jonathansen

Gert

Julius Nielsen

Julius
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Movie Info

Synopsis Anders leaves Denmark for a teaching position in rural Greenland. As soon as he arrives, he finds himself at odds with the tightly-knit locals. Only through a clumsy and playful trial of errors can Anders embrace their snow-covered way of life.
Director
Samuel Collardey
Producer
Grégoire Debailly, Léonie Schmidtmer
Screenwriter
Samuel Collardey, Catherine Paillé
Production Co
France 3 Cinéma, Geko Films, France Télévisions
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Danish
Runtime
1h 34m