THE WAVE
by Roar Uthaug
synopsis
The experienced geologist Kristian Eikfjord has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move from the city of Geiranger with his family, when he and his colleagues measure small geological changes in the underground. Kristian gets worried and his worst nightmare is about to come true, when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many as possible including his own family.
international title: | The Wave |
original title: | Bølgen |
country: | Norway, Sweden |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Roar Uthaug |
film run: | 104' |
release date: | NO 28/08/2015, FR 27/07/2016 |
screenplay: | John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg |
cast: | Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Såheim, Ane Dahl Torp, Lado Hadzic, Arthur Berning, Eili Harboe |
cinematography by: | John Christian Rosenlund |
film editing: | Christian Siebenherz |
art director: | Astrid Strøm Astrup, Adrian Curelea |
costumes designer: | Karen Fabritius Gram |
music: | Magnus Beite |
producer: | Martin Sundland, Are Heidenstrøm |
co-producer: | Tomas Eskilsson, Fredrik Wikström, Jan Eirik Langoen |
production: | Fantefilm |
backing: | Film i Väst |