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The director of Fjord takes the ‘risky position’ of moderator
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Director Cristian Mungiu's latest film, Fjord, examines the legal and cultural friction faced by a Romanian immigrant family in rural Norway. The narrative explores the intersection of religious practice and state intervention within a secular judicial framework.
- 01Feature film explores cultural conflicts between Romanian religious traditions and Norwegian social norms
- 02Protagonists face judicial scrutiny following their relocation to a rural Norwegian hamlet
- 03Director Cristian Mungiu adopts a moderating perspective on sensitive family and state disputes
- 04Cast includes notable actors Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan in leading roles
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Cristian Mungiu's sixth feature, Fjord, concerns a family on trial. They seem like good people, God-fearing. They've just moved from Romania to a small hamlet nestled in the fjords of rural Norway. There is Mamma (Renate Reinsve), Tata (a bald and bespectacled Sebastian Stan), and their passel of children. They are an openly religious and […]