22 July
2018
***½
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Thorbjørn Harr, Jonas Strand Gravli, Ola G. Furuseth, Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen, Isak Bakli Aglen, Maria Bock, Tone Danielsen, Turid Gunnes, Monica Borg Fure, Ingrid Enger Damon, Seda Witt
On July 22, 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb in Oslo and then opened fire on teenagers attending a summer camp on the island of Utøya. These horrific attacks resulted in the death of 77 people. With excellent films like Bloody Sunday, United 93, and Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass has proven himself to be a master in dramatising tense real-life events. This long but captivating film begins with the violent attacks, but it spends most of its running time dealing with the effect they had on the country, the survivors, and the perpetrator. The Norwegian cast all speak English, which takes some time to accept. The director scripted from the book One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway - and Its Aftermath by Åsne Seierstad.
