''5 Lies'' ( no, 5 Løgner}) is a 2007 Norwegian

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directed by Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen, starring

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, Gard B. Eidsvold and Kim Sørensen. It follows five different people through the course of one day in

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Synopsis

The film follows five people throughout a single day, showing how their lives intersect.

Cast

* Michalis Koutsogiannakis as Ragnar *

as Maya * Gard Eidsvold as Torgrim * Kim Sørensen as Ulrik * Jon Skolmen as Ole Gunnar * Line Verndal as Angela * Henrik Rafaelsen as Jørn * Frank Kjosås as Stian * Ingvild Lien as Rita * Naeem Azam as Lege

Production

''5 Lies'' marked Jacobsen's feature film debut. He was given a budget of approximately

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14 million and Jacobsen intended for the film's main message to center around "the terror of good", which he described as "a political correctness where people increasingly have to suppress aspects of themselves to be accepted." Pia Tjelta was confirmed as one of the film's stars and would be portraying a

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Release

''5 Lies'' was released on 15 August 2007 in Norway. It performed poorly at the box office, with

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reporting that only 15,000 people had purchased tickets as of September of that year. Jacobsen responded to the poor reception for ''5 Lies'', stating that "'' VG'' and ''

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'' tried to murder the child at the moment of birth" and calling the Norwegian audience "idiots".

Reception

Critical reception for ''5 Lies'' was lukewarm. ''

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'' reviewed the film, writing that it was "extremely ambitious" but also "ran aground". ''ABC Nyheter'' gave it 6/10, criticizing it as uneven.

References

External links

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