Norway’s Oscar submission “Growth of the Soil,” based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel, has already become a significant event in its native country. Even before premieres at TIFF and San Sebastián. It’s about very simple things: about a man and a woman, and the beginning of a civilization.
It resonates with all of us.” “Growth of the Soil” premieres its exclusive trailer here: Molland – known for Stellan Skarsgård starrers “In Order of Disappearance” and “A Somewhat Gentle Man” – took “tremendous liberties” in adapting Knut Hamsun’s 1917 masterpiece. You have to decide what its core is and then liberate yourself from it. It may sound arrogant, but I no longer know which dialogues are Hamsun’s and which are mine!” Moland wrote the script with Gard B.
Obviously, nobody lives like that today, but in ‘Growth of the Soil,’ nature is a dictator. It sets the premise for their existence.” Produced by 4 ½ Fiction (Norway) in co-production with Scanbox Entertainment (Denmark), it’s sold by Beta Cinema. The story follows Isak (Herbert Nordrum, seen in “The Worst Person in the World” and the upcoming “Sense and Sensibility”), who finds a place in the middle of nowhere where he decides to settle down.
There, he meets Inger (Asta Kamma August from “The Hypnosis” and the other TIFF premiere “What Lies Between Us”), ostracized by her people, and together, they build a life. Over the years, they grow up – and grow apart. It’s about a lifelong connection and all the trials and tribulations that come with it.
Their relationship didn’t start with passion. Necessity, hunger and cold brought them together. It’s an arranged marriage – by nature.
But out of that comes affection.” “If you left people alone without societal pressures, many of our sexual taboos would probably disappear. They would just explore each other. Here, they only have each other to relate to and they are very free.
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