High profile Danish playwright Christian Lollike spoke to Variety about his feature film debut “The Cake Dynasty” at the Goteborg Festival’s Nordic Film Market. Lollike is presenting the movie in the market’s work-in-progress sidebar.
Represented in international markets by LevelK, the immigration-themed satirical and romantic drama stars Nicolas Bro (“Riders of Justice”) as Neil, a middle-aged factory boss whose family-run cake factory is on the verge of bankruptcy. Deeply depressed, the man embarks on a desperate mission to save the business and starts selling low-calorie sweets, as well as hiring refugees to work in the factory. The seismic changes cause him to open his heart in a new way.
“I’ve wanted to make a sort of a fairy tale about the immigrant situation in Denmark for the last twenty years. In that sense, The film is a reflection on what we call Danish or European values,” says Lollike,...
Represented in international markets by LevelK, the immigration-themed satirical and romantic drama stars Nicolas Bro (“Riders of Justice”) as Neil, a middle-aged factory boss whose family-run cake factory is on the verge of bankruptcy. Deeply depressed, the man embarks on a desperate mission to save the business and starts selling low-calorie sweets, as well as hiring refugees to work in the factory. The seismic changes cause him to open his heart in a new way.
“I’ve wanted to make a sort of a fairy tale about the immigrant situation in Denmark for the last twenty years. In that sense, The film is a reflection on what we call Danish or European values,” says Lollike,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Keshet International (Ki) has closed its first international pre-sale for Zdf and Viaplay’s upcoming nationalist domestic terrorism thriller “Furia” to Australian broadcaster Sbs, announcing the sale on the occasion of the show’s world premiere at Lille’s Series Mania.
“Furia (“The Furies”)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.
The series follows Ragna, played by Ine Marie Willmann (“Exit”), who crosses paths with Asgeir, played by Pål Sverre Hagen (“Beforeigners”), a former special ops officer who has started a new, tranquil life in Norway after escaping the Russian criminal underworld. After a tense meeting in which both are lucky to survive, the two must combine forces to prevent the right-wing group from committing their unthinkable act in Berlin, the heart of European government.
“Every now and then,...
“Furia (“The Furies”)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.
The series follows Ragna, played by Ine Marie Willmann (“Exit”), who crosses paths with Asgeir, played by Pål Sverre Hagen (“Beforeigners”), a former special ops officer who has started a new, tranquil life in Norway after escaping the Russian criminal underworld. After a tense meeting in which both are lucky to survive, the two must combine forces to prevent the right-wing group from committing their unthinkable act in Berlin, the heart of European government.
“Every now and then,...
- 9/1/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie will be busy in Cannes with two films world premiering in Competition. It’s not a new phenomenon for onscreen talent to be supporting various movies, but Lie stands out as likely the only professional actor who will be heading to the Palais while taking time off from his other job as a full-time physician: the doctor has lately been working with the Covid-19 vaccination program in Oslo, and has for years straddled both callings.
In a case of art imitating life, Lie says he feels a little bit like the main character in one of his Cannes movies, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World—the closing chapter of the director’s Oslo trilogy after Reprise (2006) and 2011’s Oslo, August 31 (Lie appeared in all three).
In this latest, Lie co-stars with Renate Reinsve, who plays Julie, a woman on the cusp of...
In a case of art imitating life, Lie says he feels a little bit like the main character in one of his Cannes movies, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World—the closing chapter of the director’s Oslo trilogy after Reprise (2006) and 2011’s Oslo, August 31 (Lie appeared in all three).
In this latest, Lie co-stars with Renate Reinsve, who plays Julie, a woman on the cusp of...
- 7/9/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Keshet International is pitching Zdf and Viaplay’s upcoming domestic terrorism thriller “Furia (Fury)” to international buyers at MipTV, and series creator Gjermund S. Eriksen (“Mammon”) discussed his latest creation with Variety remotely from Norway as the Cannes-based event kicked off.
Co-produced by Monster Scripted and “Babylon Berlin” producers X Filme, the Norwegian-set episodes of “Furia (Fury)” are directed by Magnus Martens and the German episodes by Lars Kraume (“The People vs. Fritz Bauer”).
“Furia (Fury)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. The series follows Ragna, played by Ine Marie Willmann (“Exit”), an undercover operative who has penetrated a far-right extremist terror cell with designs on committing an attack the likes of which Europe has never seen.
Ragna crosses paths with Asgeir, played by Pål Sverre Hagen...
Co-produced by Monster Scripted and “Babylon Berlin” producers X Filme, the Norwegian-set episodes of “Furia (Fury)” are directed by Magnus Martens and the German episodes by Lars Kraume (“The People vs. Fritz Bauer”).
“Furia (Fury)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. The series follows Ragna, played by Ine Marie Willmann (“Exit”), an undercover operative who has penetrated a far-right extremist terror cell with designs on committing an attack the likes of which Europe has never seen.
Ragna crosses paths with Asgeir, played by Pål Sverre Hagen...
- 4/11/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Norway’s Sara Johnsen has won the 2020 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for her writing on Nrk’s “22 July,” a six-part painstaking – and often inevitably pained – reconstruction using fictional composite characters but often meticulously recreated scenes of how Norway reacted to its 2011 terror attacks.
The award, for outstanding screenwriting, was presented to Johnsen at a ceremony on Wednesday evening at the TV Drama Vision section of this week’s Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The kudos comes with a Nok 200,000 cash endowment.
Best known as the writer-director of award-winning feature films – “Kissed by Winter”, “Upperdog,” “All That Matters is Past” – Johnsen served as head writer on “22 July,” a series created for Norwegian pubcaster production arm Nrk Drama by Johnsen and Pål Sletaune and directed by Sletaune. It is distributed by the U.K.-based Drg, part of the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent).
Not to be confused with Paul Greengrass’ Netflix movie,...
The award, for outstanding screenwriting, was presented to Johnsen at a ceremony on Wednesday evening at the TV Drama Vision section of this week’s Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The kudos comes with a Nok 200,000 cash endowment.
Best known as the writer-director of award-winning feature films – “Kissed by Winter”, “Upperdog,” “All That Matters is Past” – Johnsen served as head writer on “22 July,” a series created for Norwegian pubcaster production arm Nrk Drama by Johnsen and Pål Sletaune and directed by Sletaune. It is distributed by the U.K.-based Drg, part of the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent).
Not to be confused with Paul Greengrass’ Netflix movie,...
- 1/29/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
On Friday, July 22 2011, Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian, drove a white van from Skoyen to the Government quarter in Oslo, where he parked at 3.17 pm. In the van was a 2,100 pound home-made bomb, with a seven-minute fuse, whose explosion killed eight people. He then travelled to the island of Utoya, then hosting a camp of the Labour Party’s teen Workers’ Youth League, where he shot dead 77 campers, mostly teenagers. Some ran, swam or begged for their lives, others played dead.
Produced by Norwegian pubcaster production arm Nrk Drama, created by Sara Johnsen and Pål Sletaune, and distributed by the U.K.-based Drg, part of the Nordic Entertainment Group, drama series “22 July” is not to be confused with Paul Greengrass’ Netflix movie. It’s a very different proposition, recording rather the reactions of its ensemble cast – Aline and Harald, two journalists at Oslo’s Aftenposten newspaper, Norway0s biggest newspaper; Anne Cathrine,...
Produced by Norwegian pubcaster production arm Nrk Drama, created by Sara Johnsen and Pål Sletaune, and distributed by the U.K.-based Drg, part of the Nordic Entertainment Group, drama series “22 July” is not to be confused with Paul Greengrass’ Netflix movie. It’s a very different proposition, recording rather the reactions of its ensemble cast – Aline and Harald, two journalists at Oslo’s Aftenposten newspaper, Norway0s biggest newspaper; Anne Cathrine,...
- 1/10/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A film based on the terror attacks on Christchurch mosques in New Zealand that killed 51 people is to be directed by Egyptian filmmaker and academic Moez Masoud.
Titled Hello Brother,?the film will follow a family facing death and destruction in Afghanistan who escape with their lives. Their story meshes with that of the recent attacks by a 28-year-old white supremacist on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic center, reports variety.com.
The shootings at the mosques claimed the lives of 51 worshipers and were partly live-streamed on social media. The title of the project is based upon the words of one of the victims.
Masoud is a producer, Cambridge scholar and noted public speaker. His movie Clash?was the opening film in Cannes' Un Certain Regard in 2016.
"In Christchurch, on March 15, the world witnessed an unspeakable crime against humanity. The story that?Hello Brother will bring to audiences is...
Titled Hello Brother,?the film will follow a family facing death and destruction in Afghanistan who escape with their lives. Their story meshes with that of the recent attacks by a 28-year-old white supremacist on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic center, reports variety.com.
The shootings at the mosques claimed the lives of 51 worshipers and were partly live-streamed on social media. The title of the project is based upon the words of one of the victims.
Masoud is a producer, Cambridge scholar and noted public speaker. His movie Clash?was the opening film in Cannes' Un Certain Regard in 2016.
"In Christchurch, on March 15, the world witnessed an unspeakable crime against humanity. The story that?Hello Brother will bring to audiences is...
- 5/16/2019
- GlamSham
Moez Masoud will helm “Hello Brother,” a movie about the deadly terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The film will follow a family facing death and destruction in Afghanistan who escape with their lives. Their story meshes with that of the recent attacks by a 28-year-old white supremacist on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic center. The shootings claimed the lives of 51 worshipers and were partly live-streamed on social media. The title of the project is based upon the words of the gunman as he entered the first mosque.
Masoud is a producer, Cambridge scholar and noted public speaker. His movie, “Clash,” was the opening film in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2016.
“In Christchurch, on March 15, the world witnessed an unspeakable crime against humanity,” Masoud said. “The story that ‘Hello Brother’ will bring to audiences is just one step in the healing process, so that we...
The film will follow a family facing death and destruction in Afghanistan who escape with their lives. Their story meshes with that of the recent attacks by a 28-year-old white supremacist on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic center. The shootings claimed the lives of 51 worshipers and were partly live-streamed on social media. The title of the project is based upon the words of the gunman as he entered the first mosque.
Masoud is a producer, Cambridge scholar and noted public speaker. His movie, “Clash,” was the opening film in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2016.
“In Christchurch, on March 15, the world witnessed an unspeakable crime against humanity,” Masoud said. “The story that ‘Hello Brother’ will bring to audiences is just one step in the healing process, so that we...
- 5/14/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
A new Norwegian drama will tell the story of the people who responded to the horrific 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway that left 77 dead, most of them teenagers. “22 July” is being produced by Norwegian pubcaster Nrk’s drama arm and will be distributed by Drg, which landed the international rights. The first footage of the six-part show was screened Thursday at the Goteburg Film Festival.
Right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by planting a car bomb in Oslo’s government quarter. He then went to the nearby island of Utoya, where youth members of the Norwegian Labour Party were at a summer camp, and killed 69 young people. Paul Greengrass’ recent Netflix film “22 July” told the story of the attacks. The new series, which bears the same name but has no connection to the movie or Netflix, will focus on how ordinary people responded to the atrocity.
“22 July was...
Right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by planting a car bomb in Oslo’s government quarter. He then went to the nearby island of Utoya, where youth members of the Norwegian Labour Party were at a summer camp, and killed 69 young people. Paul Greengrass’ recent Netflix film “22 July” told the story of the attacks. The new series, which bears the same name but has no connection to the movie or Netflix, will focus on how ordinary people responded to the atrocity.
“22 July was...
- 1/31/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
This story about Paul Greengrass and “22 July” first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
Paul Greengrass remembers the moment when he knew he was going to make “22 July,” his gripping film about the right-wing terrorist attacks carried out on a Norwegian government center and an island summer camp in 2011. It came when he was reading the court testimony of Anders Behring Breivik, the white nationalist whose views led him to kill 77 people, most of them teenagers.
“He was talking about how the elites have betrayed us, democracy is a sham, we’re being forced to accept multiculturalism against our will, nationalism is being eroded, et cetera,” said the British director, whose previous films have included “Captain Phillips,” “United 93” and three Jason Bourne movies.
“When Breivik got up and articulated those views in 2011, they were considered in the far margins of political discourse. Today,...
Paul Greengrass remembers the moment when he knew he was going to make “22 July,” his gripping film about the right-wing terrorist attacks carried out on a Norwegian government center and an island summer camp in 2011. It came when he was reading the court testimony of Anders Behring Breivik, the white nationalist whose views led him to kill 77 people, most of them teenagers.
“He was talking about how the elites have betrayed us, democracy is a sham, we’re being forced to accept multiculturalism against our will, nationalism is being eroded, et cetera,” said the British director, whose previous films have included “Captain Phillips,” “United 93” and three Jason Bourne movies.
“When Breivik got up and articulated those views in 2011, they were considered in the far margins of political discourse. Today,...
- 12/14/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Paul Greengrass was stuck. It was early 2016, and he’d been exploring a possible project about the migration of refugees coming through Lampedusa, the Italian island that had become a landing point for many seeking asylum in Europe — as well as the site of numerous incidents involving sinking boats and mass deaths. (For a good overview of what was happening there, check out the documentary Fire at Sea.) Something, however, did not feel right. “I just had the sense that this was a small part of a bigger picture,” the director says,...
- 10/16/2018
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
The 2011 Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22 July, are revisited in Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass' latest production, where the Captain Phillips director exposes the visceral impact of terror.
22 July tells the true story of the far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie), who killed 77 people after detonating a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. The film features a Norwegian cast and crew depicting survivors of the attack, who struggle through physical and emotional trauma as the country tries to recover ...
22 July tells the true story of the far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie), who killed 77 people after detonating a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. The film features a Norwegian cast and crew depicting survivors of the attack, who struggle through physical and emotional trauma as the country tries to recover ...
- 10/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2011 Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22 July, are revisited in Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass' latest production, where the Captain Phillips director exposes the visceral impact of terror.
22 July tells the true story of the far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie), who killed 77 people after detonating a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. The film features a Norwegian cast and crew depicting survivors of the attack, who struggle through physical and emotional trauma as the country tries to recover ...
22 July tells the true story of the far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie), who killed 77 people after detonating a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. The film features a Norwegian cast and crew depicting survivors of the attack, who struggle through physical and emotional trauma as the country tries to recover ...
- 10/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“I felt a lot of responsibility to tell the story in a correct way,” reveals “22 July” star Jonas Strand Gravli. He plays Viljar Hanssen, a terrorism survivor who was shot several times by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie) during Breivik’s devastating attack that killed 77 in Norway’s deadliest terror incident since World War II. Directed by Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass (“United 93”), this Netflix release recounts that horrifying true story. Watch our exclusive video interview above with Gravli and Seda Witt, who plays fellow survivor Lara Rashid.
See Anders Danielsen Lie (’22 July’): It’s ‘impossible to understand’ Norway’s worst terrorist, even when playing him [Exclusive Video Interview]
Breivik became radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, and on July 22, 2011, he murdered 8 people with a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya.
See Anders Danielsen Lie (’22 July’): It’s ‘impossible to understand’ Norway’s worst terrorist, even when playing him [Exclusive Video Interview]
Breivik became radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, and on July 22, 2011, he murdered 8 people with a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya.
- 10/15/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Showcasing just three movies, today’s Netflix panel was a fascinating insight into the wide-ranging tastes of a company fast changing the landscape of the film industry.
First up was the Coen brothers’ portmanteau western, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, which was represented by an all-actor line-up comprising Zoe Kazan, Bill Heck, Harry Melling and Tim Blake Nelson, who plays the titular Buster Scruggs himself.
Talking to Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione, Blake Nelson revealed that the project had been in gestation for a very long time, and that he was the first actor approached. “When I was given the script, [my story] was the only one that had been written,” he said. “I read the rest of them after they were written, which was 15 years later, and I was certainly excited to be a part of it because the other scripts were just as fantastic as the one I was doing.”
Given...
First up was the Coen brothers’ portmanteau western, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, which was represented by an all-actor line-up comprising Zoe Kazan, Bill Heck, Harry Melling and Tim Blake Nelson, who plays the titular Buster Scruggs himself.
Talking to Deadline’s Nancy Tartaglione, Blake Nelson revealed that the project had been in gestation for a very long time, and that he was the first actor approached. “When I was given the script, [my story] was the only one that had been written,” he said. “I read the rest of them after they were written, which was 15 years later, and I was certainly excited to be a part of it because the other scripts were just as fantastic as the one I was doing.”
Given...
- 10/13/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Greengrass is known for a brand of immersive, visceral filmmaking that puts the viewer in the middle of the action – but in “22 July,” his new film about a terrorist attack that took place in Norway in 2011, the British director of “Captain Phillips” and the “Bourne” movies is more interested in what happens after the action has ended.
What happened is that the country responded to the attack “with the rule of law, not the barrel of a gun,” says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (played by Ola G. Furuseth) in the film. “22 July” follows several stories in the aftermath of an attack on a government building and then a youth camp, which killed more than 70 people, most of them children: a teenage survivor (Jonas Strand Gravli) trying to recover from his injuries, a lawyer (Jon Oigarden) duty-bound to defend the terrorist, and that terrorist himself Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie...
What happened is that the country responded to the attack “with the rule of law, not the barrel of a gun,” says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (played by Ola G. Furuseth) in the film. “22 July” follows several stories in the aftermath of an attack on a government building and then a youth camp, which killed more than 70 people, most of them children: a teenage survivor (Jonas Strand Gravli) trying to recover from his injuries, a lawyer (Jon Oigarden) duty-bound to defend the terrorist, and that terrorist himself Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie...
- 10/12/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
22 July (Paul Greengrass))
Paul Greengrass, director of United 93 and Bloody Sunday, returns to the realm of the “too soon?” with 22 July, a clichéd and rather problematic film–with a frankly reprehensible first act–that dramatizes the attacks in Oslo on that awful day in 2011 when 77 people, mainly at the Utøya island youth camp, were murdered by a nationalist gunman named Anders Behring Breivik. – Rory O. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Apostle (Gareth Evans))
Coming off of the success of The Raid: Redemption and its sequel, The Raid 2, the anticipated path for Welsh director Gareth Evans may not have been a horror film by way of 70s cult thrillers.
22 July (Paul Greengrass))
Paul Greengrass, director of United 93 and Bloody Sunday, returns to the realm of the “too soon?” with 22 July, a clichéd and rather problematic film–with a frankly reprehensible first act–that dramatizes the attacks in Oslo on that awful day in 2011 when 77 people, mainly at the Utøya island youth camp, were murdered by a nationalist gunman named Anders Behring Breivik. – Rory O. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Apostle (Gareth Evans))
Coming off of the success of The Raid: Redemption and its sequel, The Raid 2, the anticipated path for Welsh director Gareth Evans may not have been a horror film by way of 70s cult thrillers.
- 10/12/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
While most audience members know Paul Greengrass best as the director of the two best regarded Jason Bourne movies, that’s not where his true specialty resides. He’s far more at home crafting hard hitting docudramas. Bloody Sunday was his calling card film, while United 93 remains his finest hour. It’s in that vein that his latest work firmly sits. 22 July not only marks Greengrass’ return to this style of movie making, it also represents his first foray into putting something out on Netflix. A long and somber true story like this may not be your first assumption for a Netflix release, but the quality here should draw you in. If you don’t know what 22 July stands for, it represents the day that Norway suffered the worst terrorist attack in that country’s history. Taking place on July 22nd back in 2011, extreme right wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik...
- 10/12/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
From Utoya to The Hate U Give, a new wave of films offer an unflinching vision of violence against children. What does the bloodletting tell us about how we live now?
The facts are public knowledge. On 22 July 2012, wearing a police uniform bought online, Anders Behring Breivik took the ferry Ms Thorbjørn to the island of Utøya, north-west of Oslo. There, teenagers were attending a summer camp organised by the Norwegian Labour party. Two hours earlier, Breivik had detonated a car bomb outside the office of the prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, killing eight people. Now, in the course of just over an hour, he shot dead 69 more. The majority of the victims were in their teens.
Two films now return us to that day. The British director Paul Greengrass brings us 22 July; Utøya – July 22 is by Norwegian director Erik Poppe. Poppe’s Utøya takes place in howlingly stark real time,...
The facts are public knowledge. On 22 July 2012, wearing a police uniform bought online, Anders Behring Breivik took the ferry Ms Thorbjørn to the island of Utøya, north-west of Oslo. There, teenagers were attending a summer camp organised by the Norwegian Labour party. Two hours earlier, Breivik had detonated a car bomb outside the office of the prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, killing eight people. Now, in the course of just over an hour, he shot dead 69 more. The majority of the victims were in their teens.
Two films now return us to that day. The British director Paul Greengrass brings us 22 July; Utøya – July 22 is by Norwegian director Erik Poppe. Poppe’s Utøya takes place in howlingly stark real time,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Paul Greengrass has brought his unique brand of verite thriller to Netflix: “22 July” debuted on the streaming service on Wednesday, October 10, telling the true story of the title day in 2011 when right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway’s worst attack since World War II. How does it compare to Greengrass’s previous docudramas about real-life acts of terror “Bloody Sunday” (2002), “United 93” (2006) and “Captain Phillips” (2013)?
As of this writing the film has scored 73 on MetaCritic based on 21 reviews. And it has an 83% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews. The Tomatometer consensus is that it “offers a hard-hitting close-up look at the aftereffects of terrorism, telling a story with a thriller’s visceral impact and the lingering emotional resonance of a drama.”
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Greengrass’s previous films in this vein have been awards contenders. “Bloody Sunday...
As of this writing the film has scored 73 on MetaCritic based on 21 reviews. And it has an 83% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews. The Tomatometer consensus is that it “offers a hard-hitting close-up look at the aftereffects of terrorism, telling a story with a thriller’s visceral impact and the lingering emotional resonance of a drama.”
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Greengrass’s previous films in this vein have been awards contenders. “Bloody Sunday...
- 10/11/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Paul Greengrass can direct the hell out of action movies (see the last three Bourne films), but it’s his docudramas that that hit with gut punch force, starting with the troubles in Northern Ireland in 2002’s Bloody Sunday and moving onto 2006’s United 93, about the hijacked flight that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11, and 2012’s Captain Phillips, about the crew of the Maersk Alabama being taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean.
22 July follows the Greengrass you-are-there approach as it re-enacts the 2011 massacre of 77 people in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik,...
22 July follows the Greengrass you-are-there approach as it re-enacts the 2011 massacre of 77 people in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
For the 600 Norwegian youths gathered on Utoya island for five days of fun, sun and lively political debate, the first shock on July 22, 2011 came when they were told a bomb had just exploded in Oslo outside the building that houses the prime minister’s office.
“We thought Utoya was the safest place to be,” Ingvild Stensrud, 16, would later recall to People.
As the campers, mostly teens affiliated with the Labor Party, digested the distressing news, a 6-ft.-tall blond man clad in a police uniform arrived 90 minutes later on the island by boat, raised an assault rifle and opened fire.
“We thought Utoya was the safest place to be,” Ingvild Stensrud, 16, would later recall to People.
As the campers, mostly teens affiliated with the Labor Party, digested the distressing news, a 6-ft.-tall blond man clad in a police uniform arrived 90 minutes later on the island by boat, raised an assault rifle and opened fire.
- 10/10/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
For the 600 Norwegian youths gathered on Utoya island for five days of fun, sun and lively political debate, the first shock on July 22, 2011 came when they were told a bomb had just exploded in Oslo outside the building that houses the prime minister’s office.
“We thought Utoya was the safest place to be,” Ingvild Stensrud, 16, would later recall to People.
As the campers, mostly teens affiliated with the Labor Party, digested the distressing news, a 6-ft.-tall blond man clad in a police uniform arrived 90 minutes later on the island by boat, raised an assault rifle and opened fire.
“We thought Utoya was the safest place to be,” Ingvild Stensrud, 16, would later recall to People.
As the campers, mostly teens affiliated with the Labor Party, digested the distressing news, a 6-ft.-tall blond man clad in a police uniform arrived 90 minutes later on the island by boat, raised an assault rifle and opened fire.
- 10/10/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
(left-right) Brothers Torje (Isak Bakli Aglen) and Viljar Hanssen (Jonas Strand Gravli) hide from terrorist Anders Breivik, in 22 July. Photo credit: Erik Aavatsmark. Courtesy of Netflix ©
July 22, 2011 is the date of the horrific terrorist attack in Norway when 77 people, mostly children, were massacred by a right-wing extremist. 22 July is director Paul Greengrass’ powerful, tense docu-drama about that tragedy, but the film is more about Norway and the people attacked than about home-grown right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik and his attack.
Paul Greengrass has built a reputation for gripping and strikingly realistic films about actual events with Captain Phillips and United 93, but has built a reputation for taut thrillers with the Bourne movies. Greengrass brings both skills to bear in 22 July, crafting a tension-filled film, but focuses less on the attack and more on its aftermath. Greengrass also wrote the script, based on journalist Asne Seierstad’s book “One of Us.
July 22, 2011 is the date of the horrific terrorist attack in Norway when 77 people, mostly children, were massacred by a right-wing extremist. 22 July is director Paul Greengrass’ powerful, tense docu-drama about that tragedy, but the film is more about Norway and the people attacked than about home-grown right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik and his attack.
Paul Greengrass has built a reputation for gripping and strikingly realistic films about actual events with Captain Phillips and United 93, but has built a reputation for taut thrillers with the Bourne movies. Greengrass brings both skills to bear in 22 July, crafting a tension-filled film, but focuses less on the attack and more on its aftermath. Greengrass also wrote the script, based on journalist Asne Seierstad’s book “One of Us.
- 10/10/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“It felt like a huge responsibility,” admits Anders Danielsen Lie about starring in “22 July.” Directed by Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass (“United 93”), this Netflix release recounts the horrifying true story of Norway’s worst attack since World War II, when 77 people were killed by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who is played by Lie. The actor is a native of Norway, so he felt he had a duty to “create a truthful portrait.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Lie above.
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On July 22, 2011, Breivik, radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, murdered 8 people by detonating a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya. Embodying such an individual was a challenge for Lie because he’s “a very emotional person in real life,...
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On July 22, 2011, Breivik, radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, murdered 8 people by detonating a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya. Embodying such an individual was a challenge for Lie because he’s “a very emotional person in real life,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Paul Greengrass is the master of the moment, of a muscular and immersive style of filmmaking that plunges us into the thick of the action. But “22 July,” the Greengrass film that premiered at the Venice Film Festival last month, is a movie not about the moment, but about the aftermath.
Make no mistake, “22 July” is also immersive and visceral. But in its slow move from action to consequences, from terror to something close to healing, it feels new from the veteran British director.
This might be the first Greengrass movie that doesn’t just make you flinch, it makes you cry.
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The film is based on the attacks carried out in Norway in July 2011: A far-right, anti-Muslim zealot named Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb near a government building in Oslo, and 90 minutes...
Make no mistake, “22 July” is also immersive and visceral. But in its slow move from action to consequences, from terror to something close to healing, it feels new from the veteran British director.
This might be the first Greengrass movie that doesn’t just make you flinch, it makes you cry.
Also Read: Director Paul Greengrass Tackles Norway's Deadliest Terrorist Attack in '22 July' Trailer (Video)
The film is based on the attacks carried out in Norway in July 2011: A far-right, anti-Muslim zealot named Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb near a government building in Oslo, and 90 minutes...
- 10/10/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Paul Greengrass chronicles the horrific 2011 terror attacks on Norway and their aftermath in the uneven 22 July.
The first half-hour of director Paul Greengrass’ 22 July is about as terrifying a stretch of filmmaking as you’ll see this or any other year. It recounts the horrific events of July 22, 2011 in Norway, when a far-right terrorist named Anders Behring Breivik first planted a bomb in a van parked at the building housing the offices of the prime minister. He left the bomb to explode--killing eight and injuring more than 200--while he headed for the nearby island of Utoya, where he opened fire on hundreds of teenagers at a youth summer camp, killing 69 and injuring another 110.
The attacks were the worst in Norway since World War II, and Greengrass captures every terrifying, heartbreaking minute of them, dispensing with the shaky, nearly incoherent cinematography that were a hallmark of his overrated Bourne films while...
The first half-hour of director Paul Greengrass’ 22 July is about as terrifying a stretch of filmmaking as you’ll see this or any other year. It recounts the horrific events of July 22, 2011 in Norway, when a far-right terrorist named Anders Behring Breivik first planted a bomb in a van parked at the building housing the offices of the prime minister. He left the bomb to explode--killing eight and injuring more than 200--while he headed for the nearby island of Utoya, where he opened fire on hundreds of teenagers at a youth summer camp, killing 69 and injuring another 110.
The attacks were the worst in Norway since World War II, and Greengrass captures every terrifying, heartbreaking minute of them, dispensing with the shaky, nearly incoherent cinematography that were a hallmark of his overrated Bourne films while...
- 10/9/2018
- Den of Geek
Awards ceremony set for November 26; nominations out October 18.
At Eternity’s Gate star Willem Dafoe and 22 July director Paul Greengrass will receive tributes at the 2018 Ifp Gotham Awards.
Dafoe will receive the Actor Tribute and Greengrass will receive the Director Tribute on November 26 in New York City.
“Willem Dafoe is one of the most iconic actors of our generation,” said Joana Vicente, the outgoing executive director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center who will join Toronto International Film Festival as director and co-head on November 1.
“Throughout his legendary career, he has consistently brought versatility, boldness and daring complexity to his roles.
At Eternity’s Gate star Willem Dafoe and 22 July director Paul Greengrass will receive tributes at the 2018 Ifp Gotham Awards.
Dafoe will receive the Actor Tribute and Greengrass will receive the Director Tribute on November 26 in New York City.
“Willem Dafoe is one of the most iconic actors of our generation,” said Joana Vicente, the outgoing executive director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center who will join Toronto International Film Festival as director and co-head on November 1.
“Throughout his legendary career, he has consistently brought versatility, boldness and daring complexity to his roles.
- 9/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Victim’s sister speaks out over Paul Greengrass’s acclaimed movie 22 July
Survivors of the atrocity on the Norwegian island of Utøya in July 2011 will never need reminding of the shootings that killed 69 young people. The detail of their frightening ordeal will stay sharp and stark.
But for Lara Rashid, a survivor who lost her elder sister, Bano, that summer’s day, the arrival of two major films telling the actions of the killer, Anders Behring Breivik, is a difficult test.
Survivors of the atrocity on the Norwegian island of Utøya in July 2011 will never need reminding of the shootings that killed 69 young people. The detail of their frightening ordeal will stay sharp and stark.
But for Lara Rashid, a survivor who lost her elder sister, Bano, that summer’s day, the arrival of two major films telling the actions of the killer, Anders Behring Breivik, is a difficult test.
- 9/22/2018
- by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Greengrass’ latest film “22 July” tells the story of a mass shooting in 2011 in Oslo, Norway, but he feels that the tragedy speaks both globally and to life in 2018.
“I wanted to make a film about how Norway responded to a right-wing terrorist attack, how Norway fought for democracy, because I think that’s first of all an inspiring story, it’s a story of our times,” Greengrass told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at Tiff. “This unprecedented shift to the far right is occurring today. It’s right in front of our eyes. It’s a problem across Europe and across North America.”
Greengrass said he knew he wanted to make the film when he saw the testimony of the right-wing terrorist depicted in the film, Anders Behring Breivik, and was shocked to see how his worldview has become widely adopted.
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“I wanted to make a film about how Norway responded to a right-wing terrorist attack, how Norway fought for democracy, because I think that’s first of all an inspiring story, it’s a story of our times,” Greengrass told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at Tiff. “This unprecedented shift to the far right is occurring today. It’s right in front of our eyes. It’s a problem across Europe and across North America.”
Greengrass said he knew he wanted to make the film when he saw the testimony of the right-wing terrorist depicted in the film, Anders Behring Breivik, and was shocked to see how his worldview has become widely adopted.
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- 9/20/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Paul Greengrass first came to prominence as a director with 2002’s Bloody Sunday, a forensically factual account of the shooting of unarmed Irish citizens by British soldiers in 1972. Since then, the pursuit of truth and reality has become Greengrass’s calling card, even in his fiction films, and his latest, the Netflix funded drama 22 July, is no exception. Based on the book One of Us by Åsne Seierstad, it recounts the events of 22 July 2011, when far-right activist Anders Behring Breivik went on a murderous rampage through Oslo.
When he came to the Deadline studio with Seierstad and his cast, Greengrass was clear about his motives for revisiting such a recent tragedy. “Like everybody,” he said, “I’m troubled by the way politics of the west are shifting to the hard right, and the rise of the Neo-Nazi right. I mean, today, Sweden of all places—Social Democratic Sweden—is going...
When he came to the Deadline studio with Seierstad and his cast, Greengrass was clear about his motives for revisiting such a recent tragedy. “Like everybody,” he said, “I’m troubled by the way politics of the west are shifting to the hard right, and the rise of the Neo-Nazi right. I mean, today, Sweden of all places—Social Democratic Sweden—is going...
- 9/15/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival hands out its prizes tonight, drawing to a close after a tumultuous 11 days marked by a strong lineup, but punctuated by its fair share of controversy.
Coming onto the Lido this year, we expected ongoing hand-wringing over Netflix’s presence here and further discussion of the gender parity issue — particularly given only one female filmmaker had a movie in the main competition which sent up giant red flags when the list was first revealed. The topic made for lively discussion, some progress, and in one case a very distasteful incident. We also expected a fireworks display of serious awards contenders which kicked off with the opening night screening of Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong story First Man — warmly embraced, it also led to an absurd online backlash over the lack of a flag-planting scene from people who have not seen the film.
Netflix of course loomed large — as,...
Coming onto the Lido this year, we expected ongoing hand-wringing over Netflix’s presence here and further discussion of the gender parity issue — particularly given only one female filmmaker had a movie in the main competition which sent up giant red flags when the list was first revealed. The topic made for lively discussion, some progress, and in one case a very distasteful incident. We also expected a fireworks display of serious awards contenders which kicked off with the opening night screening of Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong story First Man — warmly embraced, it also led to an absurd online backlash over the lack of a flag-planting scene from people who have not seen the film.
Netflix of course loomed large — as,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Greengrass, director of United 93 and Bloody Sunday, returns to the realm of the “too soon?” with 22 July, a clichéd and rather problematic film–with a frankly reprehensible first act–that dramatizes the attacks in Oslo on that awful day in 2011 when 77 people, mainly at the Utøya island youth camp, were murdered by a nationalist gunman named Anders Behring Breivik.
The tricky task of portraying Breivik has been given to Oslo native Anders Danielson Lie, an actor who can still boast at least one great calendar-related film with Oslo, August 31st (which premiered at Cannes the very same year of the tragedy). That movie’s director, Joachim Trier, managed to utilize Lie’s deep-set eyes and angular features to suggest a kind of profound melancholy. Greengrass, on the other hand, uses them in far less subtle ways, and it’s exactly that kind of heavy-handedness that makes 22 July so trivial.
The tricky task of portraying Breivik has been given to Oslo native Anders Danielson Lie, an actor who can still boast at least one great calendar-related film with Oslo, August 31st (which premiered at Cannes the very same year of the tragedy). That movie’s director, Joachim Trier, managed to utilize Lie’s deep-set eyes and angular features to suggest a kind of profound melancholy. Greengrass, on the other hand, uses them in far less subtle ways, and it’s exactly that kind of heavy-handedness that makes 22 July so trivial.
- 9/7/2018
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Paul Greengrass has rarely shied from disturbing real-life topics, with films such as Bloody Sunday, United 93 and Captain Phillips under his belt. He comes to Venice in competition with 22 July, his film about the terrible events in Oslo and on the island of Utøya in 2011. His focus here is on the island and the summer camp, which Norwegian teens have been attending for decades.
The film opens with our first glimpse of the lone masked killer Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie) mixing his lethal explosive potions. This is juxtaposed with a scene of all the kids arriving on the island and there is a real feel of camaraderie and youthful joy. Yet over these images we have ominous music announcing that this is soon to change. Our focus is on Viljar (Jonas Strand Gravli), who arrives with his younger brother and is clearly much loved by his friends and the camp organisers.
The film opens with our first glimpse of the lone masked killer Anders Behring Breivik (Anders Danielsen Lie) mixing his lethal explosive potions. This is juxtaposed with a scene of all the kids arriving on the island and there is a real feel of camaraderie and youthful joy. Yet over these images we have ominous music announcing that this is soon to change. Our focus is on Viljar (Jonas Strand Gravli), who arrives with his younger brother and is clearly much loved by his friends and the camp organisers.
- 9/6/2018
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The title is both a warning and a memorial. “22 July” might not carry as much visceral weight among American viewers as “United 93,” but it certainly will in Norway. That’s the date, just over seven years ago, when Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people in a van explosion targeting Oslo’s city center before gunning down 69 more at a summer camp on the nearby island of Utøya. If that doesn’t sound like fun subject matter for a film, it isn’t — but Paul Greengrass has a careful approach that gives voice to those who permanently lost their own.
Both a continuation of and departure from the writer-director’s signature aesthetic, the filmmaker’s latest docudrama is a movie in which Europeans speak accented English rather than their native tongue and speechify in a way their real-world counterparts likely did not. Beyond those minor transgressions, “22 July” proves an immersive...
Both a continuation of and departure from the writer-director’s signature aesthetic, the filmmaker’s latest docudrama is a movie in which Europeans speak accented English rather than their native tongue and speechify in a way their real-world counterparts likely did not. Beyond those minor transgressions, “22 July” proves an immersive...
- 9/5/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
In the industry’s long, curious history of “twin films” — near-simultaneous productions made, quite coincidentally, on the same subject or from the same material — there have been few bleaker subjects for accidental double-feature treatment than Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, and his two-part massacre of 77 civilians on July 22, 2011. But these are somber times we’re living in, and so it is that months after the premiere of Erik Poppe’s “U – July 22,” a formidably grueling reenactment of Breivik’s bloody attack on the Utøya youth summer camp, British action-vérité specialist Paul Greengrass has followed with “22 July,” a more expansive procedural examination of the atrocity, the ensuing justice process and its weighty effect on Norway’s national psychology. It’s intelligently stern, storm-gray filmmaking, as we’ve come to expect from Greengrass; if it feels a bit mechanical as well, perhaps this is a near-impossible story to film with both tact and soul.
- 9/5/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Drama and journalism meet in this brave and masterly film about the 2011 massacre of 77 people in Norway by a smirking, far-right extremist
‘Welcome,” reads the banner on the Norwegian island of Utøya, early in the new film directed and co-produced by Paul Greengrass. The kids are already arriving, a blur of happy faces, here for the Norwegian Labour party’s annual youth summer camp. Badly assembled tents and games of frisbee ensue. More than two hours later, the credits will roll. You may find you stay until they end, still needing a second or two to put yourself back together.
22 July is Greengrass’s account of the 2011 massacre on Utøya of 69 people, most of them teenagers, by the far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (who had already killed eight people earlier in the day with a car bomb in Oslo). The result is searing. In his last film, Jason Bourne, Greengrass...
‘Welcome,” reads the banner on the Norwegian island of Utøya, early in the new film directed and co-produced by Paul Greengrass. The kids are already arriving, a blur of happy faces, here for the Norwegian Labour party’s annual youth summer camp. Badly assembled tents and games of frisbee ensue. More than two hours later, the credits will roll. You may find you stay until they end, still needing a second or two to put yourself back together.
22 July is Greengrass’s account of the 2011 massacre on Utøya of 69 people, most of them teenagers, by the far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (who had already killed eight people earlier in the day with a car bomb in Oslo). The result is searing. In his last film, Jason Bourne, Greengrass...
- 9/5/2018
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass is known for his urgent cinematic style — from the Jason Bourne movies to the real-life issues he has tackled in films like United 93 that mix his documentary roots with topics that represent world-altering events. His latest film, 22 July, which screens in competition today here at the Venice Film Festival, deliberately takes the pace down a notch to examine the aftermath of the 2011 Norway Attacks that left 77 dead when a far-right extremist detonated a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a teen leadership camp on the nearby island of Utoya.
With the film, the thoughtful, articulate and passionate Greengrass does cover the attacks themselves, then tells the story of what unfolded in their wake from the reactions of the government to the long trial and the story of one young man, Viljar Hanssen (Jonas Strand Gravli), who suffered severe injuries and...
With the film, the thoughtful, articulate and passionate Greengrass does cover the attacks themselves, then tells the story of what unfolded in their wake from the reactions of the government to the long trial and the story of one young man, Viljar Hanssen (Jonas Strand Gravli), who suffered severe injuries and...
- 9/5/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
22 July Trailer Paul Greengrass‘ 22 July (2018) movie trailer stars Thorbjørn Harr, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Lars Arentz-Hansen, and Anneke von der Lippe. 22 July‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Åsne Seierstad, “In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth [...]
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- 9/4/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Netflix has released the trailer for “22 July,” depicting the true story behind the deadliest attack in Norway history since WWII. The drama comes from Academy Award-nominated director Paul Greengrass, known for his expertise in creating hyper-realistic adaptations of modern historical tragedies, as he did with “Captain Phillips,” “United 93,” and “Bloody Sunday.”
Anders Danielsen Lie stars as Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed a total of 77 people on July 22, 2011, as part of a lone-wolf terror attack against the government, civilian population, and a camp for teens. The attacks began with a car bomb in the government quarter of Oslo that killed eight, and continued later that same day when Breivik carried out a mass shooting at the Norwegian Labor Party’s Youth League summer leadership camp on the island of Utøya.
Based on the book “One of Us: The Story of an Attack on Norway – And Its Aftermath” by Asne Seierstad,...
Anders Danielsen Lie stars as Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed a total of 77 people on July 22, 2011, as part of a lone-wolf terror attack against the government, civilian population, and a camp for teens. The attacks began with a car bomb in the government quarter of Oslo that killed eight, and continued later that same day when Breivik carried out a mass shooting at the Norwegian Labor Party’s Youth League summer leadership camp on the island of Utøya.
Based on the book “One of Us: The Story of an Attack on Norway – And Its Aftermath” by Asne Seierstad,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Margeaux Sippell
- Variety Film + TV
After one film this year about the 2011 Norway attacks, in which right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 in the worst attack in the country since the Second World War, I’m not sure we need another. However, Paul Greengrass has proven to be adept at capturing harrowing real-life tragedies in the past, and we’ll find out soon if his new drama is a compelling retelling of this story as it premieres tomorrow at Venice.
Ahead of the debut, Netflix has released the first trailer for the film, based upon the book “One of Us: The Story of an Attack in Norway – and Its Aftermath” by Åsne Seierstad. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Jonas Strand Gravli, Maria Bock, Thorbjørn Harr, Ola G. Furuseth, Seda Witt, and Isak Bakli Aglen, check out the preview below ahead of a global online release and limited theatrical run on October 10.
In 22 July, Academy...
Ahead of the debut, Netflix has released the first trailer for the film, based upon the book “One of Us: The Story of an Attack in Norway – and Its Aftermath” by Åsne Seierstad. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Jonas Strand Gravli, Maria Bock, Thorbjørn Harr, Ola G. Furuseth, Seda Witt, and Isak Bakli Aglen, check out the preview below ahead of a global online release and limited theatrical run on October 10.
In 22 July, Academy...
- 9/4/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Paul Greengrass is one of the most gripping directors when it comes to making movies about modern historical tragedies. From “Bloody Sunday” to “United 93” and “Captain Phillips,” the filmmaker recreates harrowing situations with a precision that honors his subjects and brings to life their grueling experiences. Greengrass is operating in this mode once again for Netflix’s “22 July.”
“22 July” retells the story of the 2011 Norway attacks, in which far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by detonating a van bomb in Oslo and shot 69 campers attending the Workers’ Youth League (Auf) on the island of Utøya. The event was Norway’s deadliest attack since World War II. “Oslo, 31 August” and “Personal Shopper” actor Anders Danielsen Lie stars as Breivik.
Netflix will release “22 July” on its streaming platform and in select theaters October 10. Watch the trailer below. The film is world premiering in competition at the 2018 Venice Film Festival this week.
“22 July” retells the story of the 2011 Norway attacks, in which far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people by detonating a van bomb in Oslo and shot 69 campers attending the Workers’ Youth League (Auf) on the island of Utøya. The event was Norway’s deadliest attack since World War II. “Oslo, 31 August” and “Personal Shopper” actor Anders Danielsen Lie stars as Breivik.
Netflix will release “22 July” on its streaming platform and in select theaters October 10. Watch the trailer below. The film is world premiering in competition at the 2018 Venice Film Festival this week.
- 9/4/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Modern Films acquires Berlin competition title for UK.
TrustNordisk has closed several key deals for Berlin competition title U – July 22.
The project, directed by Erik Poppe and based on the Anders Behring Breivik massacre in Norway, has been acquired for UK and Ireland (Modern Films), Japan (Culture Entertainment) and France (Potemkine Films).
Previously announced sales include Germany/Austria (Weltkino); Benelux (September Film); Poland (Aurora); Greece (Feelgood); and Baltics (Estin); Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at...
TrustNordisk has closed several key deals for Berlin competition title U – July 22.
The project, directed by Erik Poppe and based on the Anders Behring Breivik massacre in Norway, has been acquired for UK and Ireland (Modern Films), Japan (Culture Entertainment) and France (Potemkine Films).
Previously announced sales include Germany/Austria (Weltkino); Benelux (September Film); Poland (Aurora); Greece (Feelgood); and Baltics (Estin); Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at...
- 3/6/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Berlin’s most-talked about title heading to Germany/Austria, Benelux and Poland.
TrustNordisk has added more sales on Berlin’s most-talked-about title, Erik Poppe’s U-July 22.
The latest deals on the Berlinale Competition title include to Germany/Austria (Weltkino); Benelux (September Film); Poland (Aurora); Greece (Feelgood); and Baltics (Estin).
As previously reported, the film has also sold to Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertiog), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at a youth Labour summer camp on Utoya island outside Oslo, where they were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
Poppe very much wanted to avoid focusing on Breivik – in the film he is not named and just glimpsed as a passing figure – as he wanted to tell the story from the point of view of the youths.
The filmmaker asked actual survivors of the attack serving as consultants...
TrustNordisk has added more sales on Berlin’s most-talked-about title, Erik Poppe’s U-July 22.
The latest deals on the Berlinale Competition title include to Germany/Austria (Weltkino); Benelux (September Film); Poland (Aurora); Greece (Feelgood); and Baltics (Estin).
As previously reported, the film has also sold to Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertiog), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at a youth Labour summer camp on Utoya island outside Oslo, where they were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
Poppe very much wanted to avoid focusing on Breivik – in the film he is not named and just glimpsed as a passing figure – as he wanted to tell the story from the point of view of the youths.
The filmmaker asked actual survivors of the attack serving as consultants...
- 2/20/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The controversial project is in Competition at Berlin Film Festival.
Erik Poppe’s U-July 22, playing in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, tells the story of 500 youths who were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik at a Norwegian summer camp in 2011.
Despite the extremely sensitive subject matter, the project is not exploitative according to Ingrid Endrerud, a real-life survivor from the massacre.
Talking at a press conference during the Berlinale, she said: “The core is to tell the story because it has been impossible to tell. To capture and show this was right – [extremism] is hate in the purest form, and we have to stand against it. This film is historical, and is important to tell.”
Lead actress Andrea Berntzen, who plays fictional character ‘Kaja’ in the film, added that she was initially sceptical of the film.
“When I first heard about this movie, I was critical. Like many others in my generation, some thought this story...
Erik Poppe’s U-July 22, playing in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, tells the story of 500 youths who were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik at a Norwegian summer camp in 2011.
Despite the extremely sensitive subject matter, the project is not exploitative according to Ingrid Endrerud, a real-life survivor from the massacre.
Talking at a press conference during the Berlinale, she said: “The core is to tell the story because it has been impossible to tell. To capture and show this was right – [extremism] is hate in the purest form, and we have to stand against it. This film is historical, and is important to tell.”
Lead actress Andrea Berntzen, who plays fictional character ‘Kaja’ in the film, added that she was initially sceptical of the film.
“When I first heard about this movie, I was critical. Like many others in my generation, some thought this story...
- 2/20/2018
- by Tiffany Pritchard
- ScreenDaily
How do you make a film about Utøya? Veteran Norwegian helmer Erik Poppe’s latest feature will revive discussions about the justification of making movies about recent historical tragedies, just as Paul Greengrass suffered the wrath of the Twitterati when it was announced he, too, was making a movie about the 2011 Norway attacks for Netflix. It’s been six-and-a-half years since right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 in the worst attack in Norway since the Second World War. This grueling, pulsating, in-your-face film–almost to a fault–has ferocious power, but it’s going to divide like a fissure.
Shot in one take in a style that could raise accusations of artistic pretension, Poppe’s camera settles on 18-year-old Kaja–a fictional character, like all others in the film–portrayed in a brave, dignified performance by newcomer Andrea Berntzen. Kaja wants to be in politics and is in the ideal place for it,...
Shot in one take in a style that could raise accusations of artistic pretension, Poppe’s camera settles on 18-year-old Kaja–a fictional character, like all others in the film–portrayed in a brave, dignified performance by newcomer Andrea Berntzen. Kaja wants to be in politics and is in the ideal place for it,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Ed Frankl
- The Film Stage
Single-take film shot in real time draws praise from survivors of 2011 attack as it premieres at Berlin festival
A real-time feature film re-enactment of the massacre by a far-right terrorist in Norway has premiered at the Berlin film festival, where it drew praise from survivors as a painful but necessary examination of the dangers of extremism facing Europe.
Speaking at the world premiere of Utøya 22, a harrowing account of the killing spree carried out by Anders Behring Breivik on 22 July 2011, Ingrid Endredrud, 24, said: “This film is so important because it captures what rightwing extremism can lead to. This is hate in its purest form and as a society we have to stand together against it.”...
A real-time feature film re-enactment of the massacre by a far-right terrorist in Norway has premiered at the Berlin film festival, where it drew praise from survivors as a painful but necessary examination of the dangers of extremism facing Europe.
Speaking at the world premiere of Utøya 22, a harrowing account of the killing spree carried out by Anders Behring Breivik on 22 July 2011, Ingrid Endredrud, 24, said: “This film is so important because it captures what rightwing extremism can lead to. This is hate in its purest form and as a society we have to stand together against it.”...
- 2/19/2018
- by Kate Connolly in Berlin
- The Guardian - Film News
Erik Poppe’s U - July 22 has its world premiere in Berlinale Competition.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Erik Poppe’s U – July 22 ahead of the film’s world premiere here on Monday in Competition.
The film has sold to Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertiog), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at a youth Labour summer camp on Utoya island outside Oslo, where they were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
Poppe very much wanted to avoid focusing on Breivik – in the film he is not named and just glimpsed as a passing figure – as he wanted to tell the story from the point of view of the youths.
The filmmaker asked actual survivors of the attack serving as consultants on the film. “I got a lot of support having a team of young survivors staying...
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Erik Poppe’s U – July 22 ahead of the film’s world premiere here on Monday in Competition.
The film has sold to Latin America (California), China (Hgc), Korea (Cinema de Manon), Hungary (Vertiog), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Portugal (Alambique).
Poppe’s story is set on July 22, 2011, when 500 youths were at a youth Labour summer camp on Utoya island outside Oslo, where they were attacked by terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
Poppe very much wanted to avoid focusing on Breivik – in the film he is not named and just glimpsed as a passing figure – as he wanted to tell the story from the point of view of the youths.
The filmmaker asked actual survivors of the attack serving as consultants on the film. “I got a lot of support having a team of young survivors staying...
- 2/18/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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