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What happens with love when a woman in the middle of her life gets three months left to live? ANJA (43) lives with TOMAS (59) in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For a number of years the two adults have grown independent of each other, with creative jobs in parallel worlds. When Anja gets a terminal cancer diagnosis, their modern life breaks down and exposes neglected love. Alone with her grief and her fears, Anja realizes that she needs Tomas' full help and support. It's their only chance. How else will their children find the strength once she is gone, if their parents are unable to weather the storm together? Anja and Tomas are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust, and eventually a joint struggle, to deal with this unexpected and premature death. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become the principal characters in a love story where they finally learn to truly love each other after a long life together.

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Bonus Materials

• QA with the Filmmaker and Cast.

Sales Points

• Toronto, Berlin, Palm Springs International Film Festivals.
• Official submission of Norway for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 (Shortlisted).)
• Stars Stellan Skarsgård
• Theatrically released on over 70 markets in US and Canada
• 98% Critics Rated/Certified Fresh on Rottentomatoes.com

Press Quotes

Superb!! One of the year's richest and most rewarding contemporary dramas.

     —Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com

A brave movie!'

     —Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Miraculous and moving!

     —Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

Brimming with human life and feeling! 'Hope' earns its title, in every hard-won, emotionally honest sense of the word.

     —Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Unwraps gorgeous feelings and difficult truths with marvelous dexterity for two masterfully staged hours.

     —Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle

Maria Sødahl considers the extreme emotions provoked by a medical emergency with an impressive force of clarity.

     —Derek Smith, Slant Magazine

It takes remarkable insight and confidence to create a devastating portrait of a marriage inside a film about a woman facing her own mortality.

     —Loren King, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Uplifting and authentic...Andrea Braein Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard captivate.

     —Frank J. Avella, Awards Daily

It's not easy to make a film about a life-threatening illness that is as rich and joyous as this one can be, perfectly balanced at other times by the very real stakes.

     —Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Hammer to Nail

Stunningly Acted! A modern family portrait deserving of its accolades.

     —Jay Weissberg, Variety

Intensely moving...highly satisfying adult drama.

     —David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter