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Kalak

2023 2h 5m Drama List
80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
Jan is on the run from himself after being sexually abused by his father. Living in Greenland with his little family, he yearns to be a part of the open, collectivist culture and become a Kalak, a "dirty Greenlander".

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Jonathan Romney Screen International Kalak is nothing if not arresting – especially with its intensely unsettling lead performance from Emil Johnsen as a man enduring the long-gestating effects of trauma. Sep 28, 2023 Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies The setting is what makes the film interesting and unique, even if the storytelling often leaves much to be desired... Sep 26, 2023 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Eklöf also doesn’t deal in absolutes, allowing us to see that Jan is both damaged and damaging, not just to himself but others - a hot mess in a cold climate. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 18, 2023 Full Review Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) Kalak is made from a sensation close to absence, from an initial repulsion that the director doses throughout the film with a pulse and a few drops of cruelty. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Sep 27, 2023 Full Review Carlos F. Heredero Caimán Cuadernos de Cine A film so ugly, so stylistically inane, so misguided in its planning, so arbitrary in its narratological construction, so mechanical in its internal dramaturgy and so obviously illustrative. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 27, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Jan is on the run from himself after being sexually abused by his father. Living in Greenland with his little family, he yearns to be a part of the open, collectivist culture and become a Kalak, a "dirty Greenlander".
Director
Isabella Eklöf
Producer
Maria Møller Kjeldgaard
Screenwriter
Kim Leine, Kim Leine, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen, Isabella Eklöf, Isabella Eklöf, Kim Leine, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Production Co
Manna Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Danish
Runtime
2h 5m