A journey along the beautiful west coast of Greenland and its proud Inuit culture. We meet a modern Greenland in an ongoing struggle fitting in with the many assumptions left by the colonial past and present, trying to reckon this with the future. 300 years of colonial history has set an imprint in the faces of two nations. In Greenland, we meet a young pregnant woman in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq at her last doctor’s appointment communicating in a language she doesn’t understand. In Copenhagen, a young hunter is trapped in a museum as an eye-opening and harsh comment of the post-colonial Danish way of perceiving Greenlanders.
| Original title | Lykkelænder |
|---|---|
| Danish title | Lykkelænder |
| Keywords | Greenland, Greenlanders, Identity, Independence, Prejudices |
| Director | Lasse Lau |
| Screenplay | Lasse Lau |
| Producer | Rie Hougaard Landgreen, Rikke Tambo Andersen |
| Director of Photography | Chris Dapkins |
| Editor | Charlotte Munch Bengtsen |
| Sound | Frank Mølgaard Knudsen |
| Composer | Max Schneider |
| Appearance | Vivi Nielsen, Nukâka Coster-Waldau, Angunnguaq Larsen, Aannguaq René J. Hansen |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | Kran Film Collective |
| Online release | 10.12.2019, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | The documentary, which is Lasse Lau's feature-length debut, won the Nordic Doc award at CPH:DOX. The film has screened at the festivals in Hamburg, Bergen and Lübeck, among others. |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Type | Source | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anmeldelse | Information | Nikolajsen, Lone | 2018-08-09 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Skotte Christensen, Kim | 2018-01-20 |
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