TrustNordisk is proud to present the latest feature from the prolific Scandinavian director Erik Poppe: The movie “U”, which is the first fictional movie about the horrible attacks on July 22nd 2011 in Norway.
Director of Intl. Sales & Marketing, Susan Wendt says: “We are honored to bring this unique depiction to the world. It is a remarkable and insightful interpretation of these youths´ experiences, based on thorough research and interviews with survivors. It is also a more relevant story than we would like to wish for, in this day and age.”
On July 22nd 2011, a car bomb exploded within the Executive Government quarter in Oslo. Two hours later, the same terrorist attacked a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya. “U” deals with the latter of these attacks, which claimed a total of 69 lives and left many of the survivors severely injured, with a story told from the perspective of the youths. The main characters in “U” are fictional, but the film aspires to focus on recreating the drama close to how it happened, reflecting the time it took and the feelings that unfolded - in an as respectable manner as possible.
“Since these attacks, the terrorist who carried out this terrible atrocity has attracted far more attention than the victims of the tragedy. After almost 7 years, it is about time to bring the attention back to those who died on Utøya, all their bereaved and all the survivors. It is not possible to represent "the truth" with such a movie, but I hope to make the victim´s experiences better understood. The reality exceeds imagination, and one of the art's tasks is to convey the incomprehensible," says director, Erik Poppe.
“U” is Erik Poppe´s 6th feature, with a filmography that includes “A Thousand Times Goodnight”, starring Juliette Binoche, and last year´s Oscar shortlist candidate “The Kings Choice”, starring Jesper Christensen and Karl Markovics.
The film is written by Siv Rajendram and Anna Bache-Wiig, produced by Finn Gjerdrum and Stein B. Kvae for Paradox Film, and supported by The Norwegian Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fund and the Media Programme of Creative Europe.
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