On 22 July 2011 more than 500 youths at a political summer camp on an island outside Oslo were attacked by an armed, right-wing extremist. Earlier that day he bombed a Government building in Oslo before making his way to Utøya island. In this first fictional movie about the attack we follow Kaja as she tries to survive – minute by minute.
Director: Erik Poppe
Writers: Siv Rajendram Eliassen (screenplay), Anna Bache-Wiig (screenplay)
Stars: Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland
Running time: 1hr 32mins
Certificate: 15
Language: Norwegian
Format: Check with distributor
Date: October 26 2018
A gut-wrenching ordeal … a brutal single-take drama from the victims’ perspective…like a YA post-apocalyptic dystopia, with Kaja a real-life Katniss Everdeen … an absorbing and moving tribute to the courage of the young victims of Utøya.
System Crasher is a BFI FAN New Release Strategy title, which means there is extra support available. Find out more.
Distributor: Modern Films
Contact: franksmith@munrofilmservices.co.uk
