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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-06-10
62%
5 Votes
Time: 0h 51m
Overview:
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
Languages: Norwegian.
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Norway
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Movie: The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
Top 7 Billed Cast
Henriette Steenstrup
Origamijenta
Jan Gunnar Røise
The Director
Thorbjørn Harr
Anders
Linn Skåber
The Sister
Silje Torp
Eva Larsen
Anne Marit Jacobsen
The Fortune Lady
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A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
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2005-06-10
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6.2
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