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Release Date:
25 January 1998 (Greenland) more
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A moving film about culture and identity in Greenland. more (7 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Rasmus Lyberth ... Rasmus
Vivi Nielsen ... Marie
Niels Platow ... Mikael Berthelsen
Kenneth Rasmussen ... Simon
Knud Petersen
Laila Rasmussen ... Karina
Agga Olsen ... Magdalene
Nukâka ... Trommedanser (as Nukâka Motzfeldt)
Jens Davidsen ... Præst
Henrik Larsen ... VVS Mand
Søren Hauch-Fausbøll ... Værtshusgæst
Asger Reher ... Politichef
Karina Skands ... Pige i Telt
Julie Carlsen ... Pige i Telt
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Anda Kristensen
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Directed by
Jacob Grønlykke 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jacob Grønlykke  writer
Hans Anthon Lynge  writer

Produced by
Henrik Møller-Sørensen .... producer
 
Original Music by
Joachim Holbek 
 
Cinematography by
Dan Laustsen 
 
Film Editing by
Wadt Thomsen 
 
Production Design by
Anders Engelbrecht 
 
Costume Design by
Manon Rasmussen 
 
Makeup Department
Naja Jensen .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mette Hesthaven .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Simon Bang .... storyboard artist
Jesper Lorents .... property master
 
Sound Department
Per Streit .... sound
 
Editorial Department
Michael Frank Nielsen .... color timer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Heart of Light (USA)
Lysets hjerte (Denmark)
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Runtime:
90 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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[subtitled version]
Marie: [Rasmus is preparing to leave town] Did you talk to your son?
Rasmus: I went there. I can see why he despises me.
Marie: You can't go till you've made up with your son.
Rasmus: I can only make up with him if I go. My soul is so sick that I can be nobody's father.
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A moving film about culture and identity in Greenland., 13 October 1999
Author: Rodney Breen (rbreen@dircon.co.uk) from London, UK

Rasmus, an Inuit-speaking Greenlander, is regarded by most people as a drunken failure. When his son goes on a suicidal shooting spree, he has to cope with the shame this brings on his family. He goes on a journey into the depths of Greenland and finds out a lot about himself and his past. I was afraid this was going to be a pretentious film, but with strong performances, a fine score, and some excellent footage of the starkly beautiful landscapes of Greenland, I found it a moving experience. Not everyone will like its mixture of realistic drama and fantasy, nor the neatly-contrived screenplay, but for anyone who can relate to its central theme - the difficulty of maintaining one's own cultural identity in the face of another dominant culture and the technology of the modern world, it is a thought-provoking and ultimately uplifting film.

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