Gritt

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Gritt

2021

1h 58m

Drama

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Gry-Jeanette left Norway with the dream of becoming an actress. 17 rambling years later, having failed to find either fame in Hollywood or notoriety in Berlin, she’s back, as Gritt. Whilst her old friends from college have established successful careers on the Oslo theater circuit, Gritt is passionate about manifesting a radical collective ritual. But nobody seems to care. When she receives yet another funding rejection, and is thrown out of her apartment, Gritt’s situation becomes increasingly desperate. However, Gritt manages to get an internship at an underground theater company and secretly moves into their performance space. With the company away on tour, Gritt embarks on her mission to bury capitalism and the patriarchy.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

An intriguing and subversive docu-type drama about the nature of creativity and how modern-day equivalents of the avant gardist Antonin Artaud might expect to be treated.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2021

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Carmen Paddock

TAKE ONE Magazine

Gritt fluidly expresses her desire to connect with reality – or at least what she thinks others perceive as reality – but a fundamental mismatch is apparent in every unmet gaze and closed funding avenue

Nov 30, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An intense and challenging character study that suspends judgement on the flawed main character--a failed artist.

Rated: B-

Jan 18, 2022

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Neil Young

Screen International

Gritt's unremitting, uncompromising qualities work to the picture's considerable advantage.

Feb 5, 2021

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John Bleasdale

CineVue

Although the film changes direction and tone with a flightiness fitting to its protagonist, Guttormsen's Gritt knows where it is going and ultimately gets there.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 5, 2021

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isla s

This is very much an arty film - its so sort of quirky and abstract that I'm not sure I fully followed it. I like that the main character has a real passion for theatre and is doing a good thing, challenging expectations at a societal level via art and creative expressionism. It's not an especially gripping film, though it does have a mildly sinister tone at times but it does also have some heart to it and I liked some of the dialogue and scenes, so I'd give this a middling rate. However I wouldn't especially recommend it per se, no but perhaps if it sounds like just your kind of thing then you might want to seek it out - I'll leave that for you to decide.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Gry-Jeanette left Norway with the dream of becoming an actress. 17 rambling years later, having failed to find either fame in Hollywood or notoriety in Berlin, she’s back, as Gritt. Whilst her old friends from college have established successful careers on the Oslo theater circuit, Gritt is passionate about manifesting a radical collective ritual. But nobody seems to care. When she receives yet another funding rejection, and is thrown out of her apartment, Gritt’s situation becomes increasingly desperate. However, Gritt manages to get an internship at an underground theater company and secretly moves into their performance space. With the company away on tour, Gritt embarks on her mission to bury capitalism and the patriarchy.

Director: Itonje Søimer Guttormsen
Producer: Maria Ekerhovd
Screenwriter: Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, Itonje Søimer Guttormsen
Production Co: Mer Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 22, 2021
Runtime: 1h 58m