Kalak
Dinamarca, Suecia, Groenlandia, Noruega, Países Bajos, Finlandia, 2023
Dirección: Isabella Eklöf
Con Emil Johnsen, Asta Kamma August, Berda Larsen, Connie Kristoffersen, Vigga Tukula, Allie Maggie Kvist, Bertram Krassèl, Søren Hellerup, Anders Moshling.
Duración: 120 minutos
Jan está huyendo de sí mismo después de haber sido abusado sexualmente por su padre. Al vivir en Groenlandia con su pequeña familia, intenta conectarse con la cultura a través del sexo y convertirse en un Kalak, un "groenlandés sucio". La directora Eklöf ha dicho que lo que busca su película es intentar reconciliar el dolor con la fuerza vital. Y lo hace, con este film que es un viaje brutal hacia el centro del vacío, a ese páramo que es un alma, tan desolada como el paisaje de Groenlandia. Kalak es una película sobre el trauma y la redención, sobre la soledad y el daño, sobre la búsqueda emocional de algo a lo que asirse. Un film sencillo de personajes complejos, contado con un tono por momentos sombrío, pero con pequeños toques de humor que aligeran la profundidad de lo que trata.
Jan is on the run from himself after being sexually abused by his father. Living in Greenland with his little family, he yearns to be a part of the open, collectivist culture and become a Kalak, a "dirty Greenlander".
ISABELLA EKLÖF Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Isabella moved to Copenhagen to attend the Danish Film School as a director. Upon graduating in 2011, she received the prestigious Bisballe Award for her graduation film NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND. Eklöf has directed 11 short films.
Isabella Eklöf’s feature debut HOLIDAY debuted in Sundance in 2018 and then travelled the festival circuit, winning the Grand Prix at New Horizons FF as well as four awards at the Danish Film Critics Association Bodil Prize, including the Best Film award. She co-wrote the screenplay for acclaimed BORDER by Ali Abbasi that won Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival in 2018. In 2019 she received the respected art award The Carl Th. Dreyer Prize for her work. In 2020 Eklöf directed two episodes of Apple TV series THE SERVANT, showrun by appraised director M. Night Shyamalan. In 2021 she directed four episodes of acclaimed HBO TV series Industry. She has many stories to tell and will do so with her signature move; to unapologetically expose both the beauty and ugliness of human nature with a crisp and analytical, yet tender, lens.
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