Norway - The Kautokeino Rebellion





COUNTRY: Norway 

TITLE: The Kautokeino Rebellion

GENRE: Drama

DIRECTOR: Nils Gaup

PRODUCER: Rubicon TV AS

DURATION: 96 minutes

LOCATION: Abuja

STARRING: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Bjørn Sundquist, Nils Peder Isaksen Gaup, Mikael Persbrandt, Asle Mathis Gaup, Mikkel Gaup

RELEASE DATE: 2008

SYNOPSIS: 


Northern Norway, 1852: For centuries the windswept mountain plateau of northern Scandinavia has been inhabited by the native Sami population and their reindeers. But modernization is about to enter the desolate village of Kautokeino where the authority is held by the prosperous and ruthless liquor dealer Ruth (Mikael Persbrandt). One of the native tribes, led by the young woman Elen (Anni-Kristiina Juuso), refuses to pay their unjust debt to Ruth. Without a trial, Ruth manages to imprison most of Elens tribe, leaving Elen alone to take care of the reindeers. Elen gets help to set up a trial in which the men are released, but Ruth claims ownership of the tribes’ reindeers to cover the cost of the trial. Losing the basis of their lives, Elen and her tribe have little choice but to oppose to Ruth’s claim, leading to one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history.


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