The Disciple (2013) ( Lärjungen )

The Disciple (2013) (DVD) (*)

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

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Ulrika Bengts

Written By:
Jimmy Karlsson
Roland Fauser

Actors:
Erik Lönngren ..... Karl Berg
Patrik Kumpulainen ..... Gustaf Hasselbond
Niklas Groundstroem ..... Majakkamestari Hasselbond
Amanda Ooms ..... Dorrit Hasselbond
Ping Mon H. Wallén ..... Emma Hasselbond
Alfons Röblom ..... Sköld
Sampo Sarkola ..... Lehtori Ajander
Philip Zandén ..... Luotsikapteeni Hallström

Synopsis:

Strong-willed Karl (Erik Lonngren), a very self-possessed 13-year-old, is dropped off by authorities as the government-assigned new assistant to lighthouse master Vilhelm Hasselbond (Niklas Groundstroem), but gets a frosty welcome from his would-be boss. Vilhelm says his own same-aged son, Gustav (Patrick Kumpulainen), is slotted for that job, telling the outsider that he simply needs to wait for the next return boat. But Karl will do anything to avoid being returned to the orphanage he was raised in (myriad whip marks on his back suggest one reason why), and determines to make himself useful whether he's wanted or not.

The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives on an isolated island in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond's assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on and makes friends with Hasselbond's oppressed son, Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.

A newcomer's arrival exposes and eventually implodes a lighthouse keeper's tyrannical rule over his wife and children in 'The Disciple.' Second feature from Finnish director Ulrika Bengts (following 2011's 'Iris,' likewise an island-set period family drama) effectively downplays familiar themes and narrative beats amid solid perts and handsome widescreen presentation. Though not distinctive enough to attract wide arthouse export, the pic (which debuts on home turf late this month) should win select offshore sales through further fest travel.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 05 December, 2014.

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