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Fjord

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The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, resettle in a village set in a distant fjord where they become close to their neighbors, the Halbergs. Their children bond despite their different education. When adolescent Elia Gheorghiu shows up at school with some bruises on her body, the community asks itself if the traditional education that the Gheorghiu children get from their parents would have anything to do with it.

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Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 8h
5/5
Writer-director Cristian Mungiu has made a slow-burn provocation that knows exactly which buttons it is pressing – yet which also grapples with the thorny issues it raises...with an unflinching moral seriousness. Go to Full Review
Ben Croll TheWrap 9h
In “Fjord,” as in his best work, he builds entire systems that grind his characters down. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 10h
2/5
Mungiu’s technique will always be interesting but this is a disappointment. Go to Full Review
Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily 10h
A fiercely intelligent and gripping movie that finds its power in providing no easy answers, only questions about what is right and what is wrong. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, resettle in a village set in a distant fjord where they become close to their neighbors, the Halbergs. Their children bond despite their different education. When adolescent Elia Gheorghiu shows up at school with some bruises on her body, the community asks itself if the traditional education that the Gheorghiu children get from their parents would have anything to do with it.
Director
Cristian Mungiu
Producer
Cristian Mungiu, Tudor Reu, Pascal Caucheteux, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Screenwriter
Cristian Mungiu
Production Co
Mobra Films, Eye Eye Pictures, Why Not Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 26m