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Kon-Tiki

2012 · 118 min

A sweeping, salt-sprayed adventure that makes you feel the raft creak and the sharks circle, stirring and a little solemn.

Directed by
Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Genres
Adventure, History
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann
Overview
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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Directed by
Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Genres
Adventure, History
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • survival
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • sea
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
adventure, history
Directed by
Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning
Written by
Petter Skavlan
Starring
Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen, Manuel Cauchi
Music
Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography
Geir Hartly Andreassen
Runtime
118 min
Country
Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Languages
Swedish, Norwegian, English, French

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