Let the River Flow (2023)
Synopsis
During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with the derogatory jokes. When her cousin Mikkhal takes her to a camp by the Alta River, where people are demonstrating against the building of a dam, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. After a major confrontation with the police, Mikkhal and some other Sámi decide to go to Oslo to hunger strike in front of the Parliament. Knowing what is at stake, Ester realises it is time to make a stand…
Release Date: 2023-02-03
Runtime: 118 minutes
Director: Ole Giæver
Budget: $4,450,000 USD
Top Cast
- Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen as Ester
- Gard Emil Elvenes as Mihkkal
- Sofia Jannok as Risten
- Beaska Niillas as Piera
- Marie Kvernmo as Marit
- Finn Arve Sørbøe as Stein
- William Sigvaldsen as Thomas
- Mary Sarre as Áhkku
- Ivar Beddari as Gøran
- Maria Bock as Principal
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