Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2005 / Vinterkyss / Norway 2005
Light drama centred on a female doctor who moves to a remote Norwegian village and becomes interested in a mysterious death.
A low-key drama about loss, regret and possible redemption that deceptively starts out like a whodunit, Kissed by Winter is an assured first feature by Norwegian filmmaker Sara Johnsen. Victoria (Hallin), a doctor, lives in Stockholm with her husband Filip (Goran Ragnerstam) and their son Sune (Axel Zuber). A workaholic, Victoria doesn’t spot the signs that her son is ill, and, when he suddenly falls down dead during a hockey match, the devastated Filip blames her. She flees to Norway, taking up a position as a doctor in a small town. When a young boy, Darjosh (Jade Francis Haj), is found dead – killed by a snowplow that has been clearing the roads – Victoria believes there’s something mysterious about the incident. Helmer-co writer Johnsen creates an emotional web in which the twin stories of the two boys’ deaths move back and forth between each other.
Gunnar Rehlin
80 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Sara Johnsen
/ Screenplay Ståle Stein Berg, Sara Johnsen
/ Dir. of Photography Odd Reihardt Nicolaysen
/ Music Ståle Caspersen
/ Editor Zaklina Stojcevska
/ Production Friland AS
/ Cast Annika Hallin, Kristoffer Joner, Göran Ragnerstam, Fridtjov Såheim, Linn Skåber, Axel Zuber
/ Contact Friland, Norwegian Film Institute , NonStop Sales AB
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Kristoffer Joner
Actor
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Film Institution Rep.
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