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2001 · 114 mins · Norwegian
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Directed by
Thomas Robsahm
Starring
Henrik Mestad, Jesper Christensen, Trond Høvik, Thomas Hanzon, Mads Ousdal, Endre Hellestveit
Budget
$25M

In the late 1860s, Petra finds herself simultaneously engaged to three local bachelors. When the town turns hostile, she flees an angry mob and takes refuge in a rectory, seeking safety and a chance to decide her own future. The film adapts Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s novel “Fiskerjænten.”

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