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Fjord

2026 · 146 min

A patient, quietly suffocating chamber drama where cultural and religious friction curdles into institutional dread, leaving you uneasy long after.

Tagline
When does protection become control?
Overview
Following the deaths of Mihai's parents, Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu leave their life behind in Romania and move with their children to a remote village in Norway, hoping to rebuild their lives near Lisbet's family. There, they grow close to their neighbors, the Halbergs, whose warmth gives them hope for a fresh start. But the fragile peace begins to unravel when the Gheorghiu family’s young daughter, Elia, arrives at school covered in bruises.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • faith
  • identity
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Cristian Mungiu
Written by
Cristian Mungiu
Starring
Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Lisa Carlehed, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Henrikke Lund Olsen, Markus Tønseth, Vanessa Ceban
Music
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Cinematography
Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Runtime
146 min
Country
Romania, Norway, France, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, United States of America
Languages
English, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish

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