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Qivitoq

1956 · 119 min

A slow, earnest drama of heartbreak and quiet tension set against a stark, beautiful landscape.

Directed by: Erik Balling
Genres: Adventure, Drama
Starring: Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring

Overview: A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.

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Directed by: Erik Balling
Genres: Adventure, Drama
Starring: Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
identity
survival
redemption
Places: small town
wilderness
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: adventure, drama
Directed by: Erik Balling
Written by: Leck Fischer
Starring: Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring, Randi Michelsen, Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Kirsten Rolffes, Niels Platou, Justus Larsen
Music: Svend Erik Tarp
Cinematography: Poul Pedersen
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish, Kalaallisut

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