Mortal (film)
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| Norwegian | Torden |
| Directed by | André Øvredal |
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| Story by | André Øvredal |
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| Cinematography | Roman Osin |
| Edited by | Patrick Laarsgard |
| Music by | Marcus Paus |
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| Distributed by | Saban Films |
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| Country | Norway |
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Mortal (Norwegian: Torden) is a 2020 English-language Norwegian fantasy action film co-written and directed by André Øvredal. The film is inspired by Norse mythology, and stars Nat Wolff. The film was released on February 28, 2020 in Norway and is distributed by Saban Films. It is supported by a grant from the Government of Norway. The film's dialogue is in English and Norwegian and most of the actors are Norwegian, with the exception of Wolff.[2][3][4][5] The film's original music by Marcus Paus was nominated for the Amanda Award and was the Norwegian nominee for the Nordic Film Music Days – HARPA Award.[6]
Plot
Somewhere in the Norwegian wilderness Eric (Nat Wolff) awakes from a nightmare that caused the trees outside his hobo tent to burn. He examines his wounds and heads toward town where he breaks into a clinic for medicine and candy. He treats himself in a gas station bathroom, while walking down a road a group of teens harass Eric to which he kills one with his 'powers' by simply saying "if you touch me you will burn" Eric is later picked up at a bus stop by local police.
Christine (Iben Arkelie), a young psychologist, is asked by the local police to speak with Eric, where she learns he is an American-Norwegian who is also a suspect in an unsolved fire which took the lives of 5 people 3 years ago. Since the fire Eric has been backpacking looking for family. She convinces him to sit at the table and confirms he has many generations of Norwegian ancestry. Christine decides to have his handcuffs removed for comfort and trust, Christine also confirms that everyone in the fire were relatives of Eric. Eric admits to killing his relatives and Ole, as he speaks Christine's hair starts to become statically charged and Eric pulls water up from her glass, he becomes agitated and his powers unleash which cause the building to start catching electrical fires, Christine determines his emotions control his powers and quickly counsels him on how to focus to control his power.
The U.S. Embassy arrive to take Eric to America, he refuses to speak to anyone other than Christine and demands to sedate himself to fly in a helicopter. The sedation medication quickly wears off and midflight he starts to panic from being tied up, a thunderstorm causes the helicopter to crash into the sea, he realizes that he can breath in the water and burns his restraints away and saves one American agent and drags her to shore.
Eric finds Christine and she takes him to her friends cabin, at the cabin Eric explains that the fire was caused him bursting into flames. He finally rests and Christine notices the plants are growing rapidly around him. Back at the hospital the American agent confirms with local police that he controls weather.
Christine decides they need to head to the farm. After crashing, a trucker gives them a ride until they reach Askøy Bridge where the police set up a roadblock. In the middle of the bridge Eric submits and Christine is captured, He draws upon the lightning losing control. Christine coaches Eric to control his emotions which Eric uses the lightning to create a fence until he collapses and the storm subsides. The sheriff comes to their aid and rushes them to the hospital. On the radio the group hears social media is claiming he is the God Thor. At the hospital Eric's powers cause a malfunction of equipment and a boy goes into cardiac arrest. Eric revives the boy healing him completely.
The sheriff explains after Ragnarök Thor's children built a farm which they believe to be the farm Eric's family is from. At the farm Eric is brought to his knees and unable to move while standing over a type of Vegvísir. The US officer sets up military around the farm ready to kill Eric. The team finds a cave under the farm filled with Norse runes stones and a depiction of Yggdrasil. Eric is told it is time for him to go into the cave where he is drawn to a box of stone which contains Járngreipr, Megingjörð, and Mjölnir. Eric adorns all of this equipment and causes another storm which is controlled by the hammer. As Christina approaches Eric a sniper misses him and shoots her in the head causing Eric to summon lightning channeled through Mjölnir causing a massive number of casualties.
The film ends with a news cast stating there is a cult of Thor and Eric is now a terrorist.
Music
The film's original music by Marcus Paus was nominated for the Amanda Award and as the Norwegian nominee for the Nordic Film Music Days – HARPA Award.[6] In a review of Paus' film score, Jonathan Broxton wrote that the work is "likely to be remembered as the breakthrough of a superb ‘new’ talent because if this is any indication of his work, he’s going to be massive very soon."[7]
Cast
- Nat Wolff as Eric
- Iben Arkelie as Christine
- Per Frisch as Henrik
- Per Egil Aske as Bjørn
- Priyanka Bose as Hathaway
Release
The film was released on February 28, 2020 in Norway and November 6, 2020 in the United States.
References
- ^ https://www.filmtotaal.nl/nieuws/69747
- ^ "– Utrolig at regjeringen kutter i filmstøtten, mens norske filmer anerkjennes over hele verden". www.dagsavisen.no.
- ^ Bergesen, av Martin (May 21, 2017). ""Trolljegeren"-regissør André Øvredal velger Norge foran Hollywood: – Det siste halvåret har jeg sagt til agentene mine at de ikke skal sende meg noe". Filter Film og TV.
- ^ "Nå blir det superheltfilm fra Vestlandet". www.bt.no.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2019-01-29). "TrustNordisk Boards Fantasy-Adventure Film 'Mortal' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ a b Marcus Paus, Nordic Film Music Days
- ^ Broxton, Jonathan (22 January 2021). "Mortal – Marcus Paus". Movie Music UK.
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