Hope (2019, Norway)
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The story of Anja and Tomas, longtime partners with a large family. But just as their Christmas holiday is about to start, Anja receives a medical diagnosis that forces the couple to reconcile years of neglected love.
A semi-autobiographical film based on the experience the director faced with her husband when, nine years earlier, she received a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer and was given only three months to live.
87 metacritic score
Norwegian entry for the Academy Awards
A quiet, nuanced study of how a couple who have drifted apart deal with the direst of circumstances
- Empire
Unconcerned with happy or sad endings, [it] focuses instead on the unbridled emotions that swirl within us on the difficult journeys through tragedy.
- The Film Stage
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