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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2013 - 19.28 July

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JOURNEY TO THE CHRISTMAS STAR

Category: Edition 2013

Synopsis

Trying to escape from a gang of thieves, Sonja, 14, is hiding in the King’s castle where she overhears the King telling a sad story: after his daughter, little Princess Goldenhair, had disappeared in the dark forest on her search for the Christmas Star, the King, overwhelmed with grief, cursed the object of her disastrous search. Only if he finds the Star, which was extinguished by his curse, within the few remaining days before next Christmas, Goldenhair will return to the castle: if not, she will be lost forever. Sonja wants to help the King and find the Star. But the evil Witch and the treacherous Count have also set out on a mission: to thwart Sonja’s plan and get rid of the heiress to the throne. The forest elves show Sonja the way to find the Star: the way to the North Pole. Riding on the back of a big brown bear, soaring through the air on the North Wind, climbing over snow-clad mountains, Sonja arrives at Father Christmas’ workshop.

 

Sinossi

Sonja, 14 anni, cercando di fuggire a una banda di ladri, si nasconde nel castello reale, dove ascolta il Re narrare una triste storia: quando sua figlia, la piccola Principessa Capelli D’Oro, cercando la Stella di Natale, sparì in una foresta oscura, il Re, prostrato dal dolore, lanciò una maledizione sull’oggetto della rovinosa ricerca; ora, solo se il Re troverà la Stella, spenta dalla sua maledizione, nei pochi giorni che mancano al Natale, Capelli D’Oro potrà tornare al castello, altrimenti sarà perduta per sempre. Sonja decide così di aiutare il Re a trovare la Stella. Ma anche la Strega malvagia e il Conte traditore hanno una missione: ostacolare il piano di Sonja e sbarazzarsi dell’erede al trono. Gli elfi del bosco mostrano a Sonja la via per trovare la Stella: la strada per il Polo Nord. Sul dorso di un grande orso bruno, fendendo il vento del Nord, scalando montagne innevate, Sonja arriverà alla bottega di Babbo Natale.

 

 

 

Original Title REISEN TIL JULESTJERNEN
Category Official Competition
Section Elements +6
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 80’
Production Year 2012
Nationality Norway
Directed by Nils Gaup
Screenplay Kamilla Krogsveen
Based on the book ""
by Sverre Brandt
Director of photography Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen
Editor Per-Erik Eriksen
Production Design Martin Vackár
Costume Design Kjell Nordström
Music Johan Halvorsen
Main cast Vilde Zeiner (Sonja)
Anders Baasmo Christiansen (il Re/the King)
Agnes Kittelsen (la Strega/the Witch)
Andreas Cappelen (Babbo Natale/Santa Claus)
Kristin Zachariassen (Mamma Natale/Mrs. Claus)

 

Nils GaupNils Gaup
Born 1955, Kautokeino (Norway). He trained at The Norwegian Theatre Academy, graduating as an actor in 1978. In 1981 he co-founded the Beaivváš Sámi Teáhter, the only theatre performing in the Sámi language of the indigenous Sámi people of Northern Norway, of which Gaup himself is a native. One of his screenplays led to his debut as a film director with PATHFINDER (OFELAS, 1987), which became one of Norwegian cinema's greatest box-office successes and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988. His other films include SHIPWRECKED (HAAKON HAAKONSEN, 1990), HEAD ABOVE WATER (HODET OVER VANNET, 1993), NORTH STAR (1996), MISERY HARBOUR (1999).

 

Nils Gaup
Nato nel 1955 a Kautokeino, in Norvegia. Si forma all’Accademia Teatrale Norvegese, diplomandosi da attore nel 1978. Nel 1981 è tra i fondatori del Teatro Beaivváš Sámi, l’unico teatro che realizza spettacoli in lingua sami, idioma della Norvegia del Nord, dove Gaup è nato. Una delle sue sceneggiature lo porta a debuttare come regista, con il lungometraggio L’ARCIERE DI GHIACCIO (OFELAS, 1987), che diventa uno dei più grandi successi del cinema norvegese e viene candidato all’Oscar 1988 come miglior film straniero. Ha poi diretto, tra gli altri, SHIPWRECKED (HAAKON HAAKONSEN, 1990), HEAD ABOVE WATER (HODET OVER VANNET, 1993), DUELLO TRA I GHIACCI, (NORTH STAR, 1996), MISERY HARBOUR (1999).

 

 

 

 

produzione/production
Moskus Film AS
Øvre Slottsgate 6 - 0157 Oslo - Norway
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distribuzione internazionale/world sales
Sola Media GmbH
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fax +49 7114792658
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festival contact
Norwegian Film Institute
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