Fjord

The gripping and thought-provoking drama Fjord is Cristian Mungiu’s second Palme d’Or winning film at Cannes Film Festival after 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007).

A Norwegian woman (Renate Reinsve) and her devout Romanian husband (Sebastian Stan) relocate with their five children to a remote, close⁠-⁠knit, coastal town. As unease begins to simmer among neighbours around their rigid beliefs, they are soon forced to confront a system of judgement that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.

“Fjord sustains nail-biting tension across its lengthy running time through meticulous pacing, confirming the Palme d’Or laureate as one of contemporary cinema’s sharpest moral observers.” — Tara Brady, Irish Times