The Wave (movie, 2015)

Synopsis

Kristian Eikjord, geologist from Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat  (no) , is due to leave the monitoring team at Åkerneset  (no) – a mountain range whose collapse would create a megatunami threatening the population of the fjord . that of the tourist town of Geiranger where his wife Idun Karlsen works – in order to work for the oil industry. The day of his departure, some of the sensors detect an anomaly with the water table before malfunctioning.

Technical sheet

• Original title: Bølgen
• International title: The Wave
• Director: Roar Uthaug
• Scenario: John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
• Artistic direction: Lina Nordqvist
• Sets: Astrid Strøm Astrup and Adrian Curelea
• Costumes: Karen Fabritius Gram
• Photography: John Christian Rosenlund
• Sound: Christian Schaanning
• Editing: Christian Siebenherz
• Music: Magnus Beite
• Production: Are Heidenstrøm and Martin Sundland
• Production Company: Fantefilm; Film Väst (co-production)
• Distribution Company: Nordisk Filmdistribusjon ( Norway ); Panorama Films ( France )
• Budget: 51 million krone ³
• Country of origin: Norway
• Original language: Norwegian
• Format: color
• Genre: disaster
• Duration: 104 minutes
• Release dates:
  •  Norway : August 16 , 2015( Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund ); August 28 , 2015 (National)
  •  France : September 12 , 2015( European Arc Film Festival ); July 27 , 2016 (National)
  •  Switzerland : July 7 , 2016( Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2016 )
• Classification: Warning scenes may shock

Distribution

• Kristoffer Joner ( VF : Bruno Choël ) : Kristian Eikjord, the geologist
• Thomas Bo Larsen : Phillip
• Fridtjov Såheim : Arvid Øvrebø
• Ane Dahl Torp ( VF : Marine Tuja ) : Idun Karlsen, Kristian’s wife
• Jonas Hoff Oftebro ( VF : Benjamin Bollen ) : Sondre, the son
• Edith Haagenrud-Sande : Julia, the girl
• Arthur Berning : Jacob Vikra
• Laila Goody : Margot Valldal
• Lado Hadzic : the bus driver
• Eili Harboe ( VF : Nadine Girard ) : Vibeke
• Herman Bernhoft : Georg
• Mette Agnete Horn : Maria
• Silje Breivik : Anna
• Tom Larsen : the man on the mobile phone
• Håkon Moe : Thomas
• Tyra Holmen : Teresa

French version

• Dubbing Studio: International Mediadub
• Artistic direction: Monika Lawinska
• Adaptation: Matthias Delobel

Source VF on RS Dubbing ⁴

Production

Development

For the sake of the screenplay, John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg draw inspiration from a landmark event taking place in Norddalsfjord , in the middle of the night of April 7 , 1934, where a landslide that projected about 2 000 000 m ³ of 700 m high rocks in the fjord and caused a tsunami killing 40 people on the banks of the fjord; the waves generated were 62 m at the landslide site, 7 m at Sylte and 16 m at Tafjord . This is one of the worst natural disasters of the xx ^th century in Norway ¹ .

Home

International Outings

The film is presented as a world premiere in Norway , the August 16 , 2015at the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund before its national release from August 28 , 2015.

As for France , after being selected and screened at the European Film Festival of Les Arcs on September 12 , 2015he goes out a year later, the July 27 , 2016.

Box office

In Norway, it is the most viewed movie at the cinema in 2015 with 832,706 entries ⁵ .

Distinctions

Awards

• Kosmorama , Trondheim International Film Festival 2016:
  • Best editing for Christian Siebenherz
  • Best production for Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrom
  • Best Supporting Actor for Kristoffer Joner

Appointments

• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films 2016 : Saturn Award for Best International Film
• Kosmorama , Trondheim International Film Festival 2016:
  • Best photography for John Christian Rosenlund
  • Best Music for Magnus Beite
  • Best sound for Christian Schaanning

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