The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

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Henriette Steenstrup
Henriette Steenstrup

Origamijenta

Jan Gunnar Røise
Jan Gunnar Røise

The Director

Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Thorbjørn Harr
Thorbjørn Harr

Anders

Linn Skåber
Linn Skåber

The Sister

Silje Torp
Silje Torp

Eva Larsen

Anne Marit Jacobsen
Anne Marit Jacobsen

The Fortune Lady

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    A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

  • Release Date

    2005-06-10

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    Norsk
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