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Nils GaupScénario:
Nils GaupPhotographie:
Erling Thurmann-AndersenActeurs·trices:
Svein Scharffenberg, Mikkel Gaup, Helgi Skúlason, Knut Walle, John Sigurd Kristensen, Sverre Porsanger, Per Mørk, Inger Elin Utsi (plus)Résumés(1)
The story is set in 10th-century Lapland. Teen-aged Mikkel Gaup, after watching his family being slaughtered by the bloodthirsty Tchude tribe, takes refuge in a small, peaceful village. He tries to warn the residents of the cruelties of the Tchudes; as a result, half the villagers take to the hills, while the other half elect to stay and stand their ground. The Tchudes make short work of the villagers, then take Gaup prisoner. He pretends to agree to lead the Tchudes towards the other villagers, but is able to turn the tables before it's too late. Inspired by an ancient legend, Pathfinder is filmed in near-documentary fashion, bringing the past so vividly alive that the audience is tempted to look over its shoulder to see if Tchudes are poised to attack in the lobby of the theatre. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (2)
A charming adventure story from a sparingly filmmaking country like Norway, which captivates not so much with its simple tale of revenge as with its authenticity and locations, led by the chillingly beautiful Norwegian countryside, which makes even a viewer huddled under a blanket in the warmth of the family fireplace shiver. And kudos also to the casting people who found really perfect wild faces to represent the enemy tribe.
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An expressively extraordinarily economical and modest film that depicts the Sámi legend with chilling matter-of-factness and subdued emotionality. Thanks to this, Gaup's version of the myth is understandable, full of natural life and interesting moments of an ethnographic rather than a cinematic character. A pure and inconspicuous Nordic epic about revenge and the ritual unity of man and the world.
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