Man from Nuuk ( Nuummioq )

Man from Nuuk (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Nuummioq
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Torben Bech
Otto Rosing

Written By:
Torben Bech

Actors:
Lars Rosing ..... Malik
Angunnguaq Larsen ..... Michael
Julie Berthelsen ..... Nivi
Marius Olsen ..... Sheep farmer
Makka Kleist ..... Grandmother
Amos Egede ..... Grandfather
Morten Rose ..... Carsten
Else Danis ..... Doctor
Anja Jochimsen ..... Danish Tourist
Ulrikka Holm ..... Girl in Bar
Maria P. Kjærulff ..... Nurse
Arnatsiaq Reimer Eriksen ..... Lilly
Sorya Paprajong ..... Thai Waiter
Johannes Madsen ..... Woman in Greenhouse
Karsten Sommer ..... Customer in Greenhouse

Synopsis:

The most ambitious film ever to emerge from Greenland, and the first Greenland/Inuit-produced feature, NUUMMIOQ tells the story of a young man's odyssey from mundane existence into an acute sense of the sacred. Malik is a 35 - year old carpenter living in Nuuk. Like most regular guys in the tiny capital city, Malik works, cavorts with buddies, and fools around-toggling between Danish and Kalaallisut languages. When he is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he must decide to either leave his hometown to receive medical care that would perhaps prolong his life, or stay in Nuuk with family and friends and die within a few months. Without notifying anyone of his current condition, Malik and his childhood friend Mikael decide to go on a last boat trip into the fjord, where they seek out the carefree world of their childhood. During this boat trip, the two friends rediscover their friendship and Malik is given an opportunity to come to terms with his dire situation. What begins as an unremarkable outing becomes a transcendent journey at the edge of the world.

Nuummioq tells the story of a young man's odyssey from mundane existence into an acute sense of the sacred. Like most regular guys in the tiny capital city, Malik works, cavorts with buddies, and fools around-toggling between Danish and Greenlandic languages. All at once, when he discovers he's very ill, mortality intrudes. Keeping the news to himself, Malik accompanies his cousin on a boat trip. What begins as an unremarkable outing becomes a transcendent journey at the edge of the world as he grapples with his elusive past and tunes into the present.

The most ambitious film ever to emerge from Greenland, and the first Greenland/Inuit-produced feature, Nuummioq tells the story of a young man's odyssey from mundane existence into an acute sense of the sacred. Like most regular guys in the tiny capital city, Malik works, cavorts with buddies, and fools around-toggling between Danish and Kalaallisut languages. All at once, when he discovers he's very ill, mortality intrudes. Keeping the news to himself, Malik accompanies his cousin on a boat trip. What begins as an unremarkable outing becomes a transcendent journey at the edge of the world as he grapples with his elusive past and tunes into the present. So breathtaking and luminous is Nuummioq's landscape that you can almost feel the brisk air oxygenating your lungs. The tender play of shadow and light on the characters' faces seems to suggest that we're only a flicker in nature's vast radiance; but during our short time here, there's family, tradition, and maybe even love.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 October, 2013.

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