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Finnish title: Anna joen virrata
Directed by: Ole Giæver
Length: 123min
Year of production: 2023
Production countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland
Starring: Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, Gard Emil, Sofia Jannok, Beaska Niillas, Marie Kvernmo, Finn Arve Sørbøe, William Sigvaldsen, Mary Sarre, Ivar Beddari, Maria Bock, Robert Amadeus Gaup Mienna, Mikkel Gaup
Written by: Ole Giæver
Director of Photography: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen, FNF
Production Design: Ragnhild Juliane Sletta, Cecilie de Lange
Costume Design: Nell Knudsen
Make-up Design: Salla Yli-Luopa
Editing: Wibecke Rønseth, NFK
Sound Design: Bent Holm
Composers: Ola Fløttum, Pessi Levanto
Producers: Maria Ekerhovd / Mer Film
Co-producers: Bufo (Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff), Zentropa Sweden, Knudsen Pictures, Helmet
Ester (23) moves to Alta in 1979 to start her first teaching job. To fit in with her colleagues at the elementary school, she keeps her Sami identity hidden.
Ester’s cousin Mihkkal is a Sami activist and participates in the demonstrations against the planned building of a dam approved by the Norwegian government. When Mihkkal takes her to the protest camp by the Alta River, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. Ester begins to free herself of her shame and throws herself into the battle against the dam and the fight for the right to be yourself.
Ellos eatnu – Let the River Flow is a drama about deep conflicts between the Sami people and the Norwegian government, that inspired a whole generation to stand up. The fight is still ongoing…
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