![]() Beta Cinema handles international sales, and Scandinavian Film Distribution launches in Norway later in September. The film made its world premiere at the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund in August (where it won the audience award) and now screens as part of Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section. It was more about the consequences of war, and what happens with families after the war.” ![]() ![]() This is a film about survival, to make it home to your loved ones, not about heroism in action. “There are a lot of very romantic films made about war and the great heroes, and we tried to stay away from that. “The explosions and action in this film are there because they have real consequences for human beings,” Vikene says. Inspired by real events, the story follows two civilian merchant sailors from Norway who find themselves thrust into danger during the Second World War. W ar Sailor is not a typical war film - and that was exactly why writer/director Gunnar Vikene fought for decades to bring it to life.
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