Open

Open

Competition Documentaries, Denmark 2012, 57 Min.

“The ocean meant the world to me,” says one of the inmates of the closed psychiatric ward in Risskov who list what they miss most: Nature. Family. Freedom. Greenland. Ivalo Frank has interviewed criminal offenders from Greenland that are being detained in the ward, far from their families. Quiet, black and white images show three men and a woman who are considered to be mentally disordered or dangerous give accounts of drug abuse, homicide and a life in custody. Ivalo Frank: “In the beginning I was very hesitant because I would not make another film about the weak, poor Greenlanders. It was important for me to meet these people without condemnation, so I chose to focus on general human issues such as family, freedom, joy, sorrow, loss and their thoughts on Greenland.”

Director Ivalo Frank

Screenplay Ivalo Frank

Trailer

catalogue page PDF-Download

Screenings

No screenings are available for this film.