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Kon-Tiki
Joachim Ronning
(2012)
118min
15 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Damon Wise
Filmed on the open sea, this handsome adventure story feels both authentic and modern while delivering the reassuring throwback thrills of the classic 1950s matinée feature. Pal Sverre Hagen stars as Thor Heyerdahl, the ethnographer who took his life in his hands when, in 1947, he set out to prove his theories of migration by setting sail from Peru to Polynesia on a primitive raft made of balsa wood logs. Although history tells us that he and his crew made it, there is still plenty of tension and, while it skirts the less sanitary aspects of six men being at sea in a confined space for 101 days,
Kon-Tiki
captures the scale of the expedition with an appropriate sense of lush, visual awe. As Heyerdahl, Hagen has the right amount of daring and gravitas, though his recklessness - hinted at in scenes of marital discord - is somewhat soft-pedalled in favour of the bigger picture: a man who put his ideas to the test by playing the highest stakes imaginable.
Summary
An anthropologist forms a theory that Polynesia was settled by explorers from South America prior to Christopher Columbus' expedition. To prove his claims are possible, he and a small crew sail a wooden raft across the Pacific using no modern technology. Fact-based drama, starring Pal Sverre Hagen and Anders Baasmo Christiansen. In Norwegian, English, French and Swedish.
Cast & Crew
Thor Heyerdahl
Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen
Herman Watzinger
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Knut Haugland
Tobias Santelmann
Bengt Danielsson
Gustaf Skarsgard
Erik Hesselberg
Odd Magnus Williamson
Torstein Raaby
Jakob Oftebro
Liv Heyerdahl
Agnes Kittelsen
Spinden
Peter Wight
Allison
Elisabeth Matheson
Director
Joachim Ronning
Director
Espen Sandberg
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Other Information
Language:
Norwegian +subtitles
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Soda Pictures
Guidance:
Edited for content
Available on:
DVD
Released on:
19 Dec 2014
Drama
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