''HAN'' (HIM) is a Norwegian drama film from 2021 directed by Guro Bruusgaard. The film is Bruusgaard's first feature film as a director, and she also wrote the script with Fijona Jonuzi. The film was produced by the production company Alternativet, which Bruusgaard runs together with Katja Eyde Jacobsen, Mariken Halle, and Magnus Mork. The film premiered during the

Tromsø International Film Festival The Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual film festival held during the third week of January in Tromsø, Norway. The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991. TIFF has 5 screening venues, including one ...

in January 2021 and the cinema premiere was on June 4, 2021.

Johannes Joner Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John (name), John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes (given name), Ioannes''), itself ...

, Emil Johnsen, and Frank Werner Laug play the three main roles in the film. The film presents three different stories about the male role in Norway and follows the screenwriter Petter, 60 years old, played by Joner, who feels he is a victim of a gender quota when he does not receive financial support for a film about

Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...

; unemployed Eirik, played by Johnsen, who loses support from the Norwegian public welfare agency; and 11-year-old Harald, played by Werner Lang, who is reprimanded by his teacher in front of the class. The film won

Eurimages Eurimages is a cultural support fund of the Council of Europe, established in 1989. Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length fiction, animation, and documentary films. In doing so, it encourages c ...

' award for best film in progress and a prize of

NOK Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site. Archaeology The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...

500,000 during the 2019

Norwegian International Film Festival The Norwegian International Film Festival ( no, Den norske filmfestivalen) is a film festival held annually in Haugesund, Norway. The festival goes back to 1973. In 1985, the Amanda award was instituted. The Amanda is awarded every year at the fe ...

. For the film,

Marte Magnusdotter Solem Marte may refer to: *Marte, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Borno State *Marte (surname), including a list of people with the name * C.D. Marte, a Mexican football club *C.D. Atlético Marte, a Salvadoran football club * ST ''Marte'', a tug in ...

was nominated for the 2021 Amanda Award in the category Best Supporting Actress.

Cast

as Petter * Emil Johnsen as Eirik * Frank Werner Laug as Harald *

Laila Goody Laila Elin Goody (born 22 March 1971) is a Norwegian actress. She was born to an English father who worked in the oil industry and a Norwegian mother. She was born in Stavanger and grew up in Rosendal, Hordaland between the ages of two to ten, b ...

as Harald's mother *

as the teacher *

Gisken Armand Gisken Armand Lillo-Stenberg (born 26 November 1962) is a Norwegian actress. She is the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Frøydis Armand, both actresses. She debuted on stage at the age of fourteen, at Den Nationale ...

as Tone *

Sigrid Huun Sigrid Huun (born July 25, 1952) is a Norwegian actress. She made her film debut in ''Himmel og helvete'' in 1969. Among her television performances, she is remembered for having performed in the comedy series ''Egentlig'' on NRK in the 1990s. Sh ...

as Eirik's mother *

Liv Bernhoft Osa Liv Bernhoft Osa (born 3 March 1957) is a Norwegian actress. She was born in Voss, a daughter of folk musician Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa. She made her stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1979, and has since mainly been assigned with this theatre, e ...

as Gudrun * Per Gørvell as Erling * Thyri Bergljot Dale as a public welfare agency employee *

Ylva Gallon Ylva (She-wolf, female Wolf) is an old Swedish female given name. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents. The oldest written proof of the name's occurrence in Sweden was Ingrid ...

as Janne

References

External links

* 2021 films Norwegian drama films 2020s Norwegian-language films 2021 drama films {{Norway-film-stub