The Nordic film of the month: Hope (12)

Ala-Malmin tori 1, 00700 Helsinki
Malmitalo

Touching Norwegian drama based on the director’s own experiences. The night before Christmas eve, Anja receives a hopeless diagnosis, but wants to spend Christmas without telling her children about it.

Touching Norwegian drama based on the director’s own experiences. The night before Christmas eve, Anja receives a hopeless diagnosis, but wants to spend Christmas without telling her children about it.

Surrounded by grief and fear, Anja confesses to her spouse the extent of the support and help she needs from him. During Christmas week, the couple is forced to take on a crash course of coping together and trusting each other to make through the week. Is it also possible to learn to love again in the middle of a crisis?

Maria Södahl, Norway 2019
Duration: 126 min
Age rating: 12+
Language: Norwegian, subtitles in Finnish