22 July
First screened in February 2019
Director: Paul Greengrass. Cast: Jonas Strand Gravli, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden, Maria Bock, Thorbjørn Harr, Isak Bakli Aglen, Ola G. Furuseth, Seda Witt, Monica Borg Fure, Mathias Eckhoff, Harald Nordmann, Anders Kulsrud Storruste, Hilde Olaussen, Lena Kristin Ellingsen, Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen: Paul Greengrass (based on the book One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway—and Its Aftermath by Åsne Seierstad).

Twitter Capsule: Eventually settles for reenacting over dramatizing. Still, a lucid, serious commemoration. Proficiently, respectfully made.

VOR:   Beyond the legal process, the Norwegian's temperamental ability to weather such outrage without denying its obscenity is an example worth studying.



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Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


Awards:
Venice Film Festival: SIGNIS Award (Honorable Mention)
National Board of Review: Freedom of Expression Award

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