''5 Lies'' () is a 2007
Norwegian drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen,
starring
Pia Tjelta, Gard B. Eidsvold and Kim Sørensen. It follows five different people through the course of one day in
Oslo
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.
Synopsis
The film follows five people throughout a single day, showing how their lives intersect.
Cast
* Michalis Koutsogiannakis as Ragnar
*
Pia Tjelta 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
NOK
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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
mail order bride
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.
Release
''5 Lies'' was released on 15 August 2007 in Norway. It performed poorly at the box office, with
NRK
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The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...
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 ''
Dagbladet
() is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally it was considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a ...
'' tried to murder the child at the moment of birth" and calling the Norwegian audience "idiots".
Reception
Critical reception for ''5 Lies'' was lukewarm. ''
Verdens Gang
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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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*
5 Lies' at Filmweb.no
*
5 Lies' at Cineuropa
2007 films
2007 drama films
Norwegian drama films
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