Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Esther
Similar Movies
Drama
Thriller
War
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
Top Billed Cast
| Homepage | http://www.voltagepictures.com/details.aspx?ProjectId=1f6bd260-dfdc-e611-9488-0e563b5fb261 |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 2019-03-08 |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Directors | Ross Clarke, Jon Are Uhnger, Øystein Moe, John Christian Rosenlund, Ellen Michelsen |
| Producers | Joachim Lyng, Brandi Savitt, Leon Clarance, Ross Clarke, Laura Brook, Aku Louhimies, Lisa G. Black, Norman Merry, Laure Vaysse, Jonathan Deckter, Nicolas Chartier, Deepak Nayar |
| Writer | Trond Morten Venaasen |
An enjoyable, if fairly routine story of a young Jewish girl who manages to escape the clutches of her Nazi captors during WWII. She cuts her hair and dresses/acts as a boy and seeks refuge working on a remote farm. What's new? The difference is, this one is set in the harsher climate of Norway and her predicament is incorporated into the broader theme of the Quisling-run kingdom's own difficulties with the Nazis. The family that adopts this new "boy" has plenty of problems of it's own and so there are plenty of sub-plots to complement the principal story. The pretty much entirely Nordic cast are all fairly competent, if not exactly outstanding; and it does offer a different take on the usual approach to this subject. The cinematography is beautifully bleak at times, and generally contributes much to this watchable war story.
— CinemaSerf