Sara Johnsen — Director (4)
Kissed by Winter (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Vinterkyss
other title: Kuss des Winters / Vinterkyss
Following her son's death, Victoria moves to a small community to work as a doctor at the local clinic. She attempts to forget and move on with her life but finds it impossible when a local boy is found dead in the snow and Victoria must tell the boy's parents. Police quickly explains it as an accident but Victoria finds that there is something strange about the whole affair.
Rosemari (2016) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Rosemari
other title: 罗丝玛丽 / Framing Mom
Multi-award winning director Sara Johnsen helms an all-female cast of rising and established Norwegian stars for this entertaining exploration of love, sex and what it means to be family.
In the middle of her wedding reception, bride Unn Tove (Tuva Novotny, The King’s Choice Scandi FF 2017, Nobel) finds a newborn baby abandoned in the hotel bathroom and unsure of what to do, turns her over to Child Services. Sixteen years later, a young and energetic girl shows up at her doorstep. It’s Rosemari (Ruby Dagnall, Skam), the baby from the wedding; she wants Unn Tove’s help to find her parents. Unn Tove, who is now a famous journalist on a popular television show sees an opportunity for a story and agrees to help Rosemari. Setting out on the road, together they unravel a story about a young couple’s unrestrained love, an eccentric ex-boxer, and a mother covering up her life’s biggest secret. A touching and upbeat story about what makes us who we are.
Most people live in China (2002) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Folk flest bor i Kina
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Sara Johnsen / Magnus Martens actor: Trond Høvik / Marit Pia Jacobsen
other title: 大多数人生活在中国 / Folk flest bor i Kina
The movie is a collection of eight loosely connected episodes. Each one is dedicated to a norwegian party. Nine directors worked together in the production, yet in my opinion, the integration of the different stories worked better here than it did in similar attempts, for example "Four Rooms".
I am not at all familiar with norwegian politics, but the characterisations of parties are applicable to other countries just as well. The observations on political movements are accurate and they are presented in a very pleasant sarcastic manner.
Surely there are some norwegian specialties, and I certainly missed some of the humour, but even if stripped off any political meaning, the stories are funny and well-told.