Troubled Water

Troubled Water
International theatrical poster
Directed by	Erik Poppe
Produced by	Finn Gjerdrum Stein B. Kvae
Written by	Harald Rosenløw Eeg
Starring	Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen Ellen Dorrit Petersen Anneke von der Lippe Tone Danielsen Trine Dyrholm Trond Espen Seim Terje Strømdahl Frank Kjosås Stig Henrik Hoff
Music by	Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography	John Christian Rosenlund
Editing by	Einar Egeland
Studio	Paradox Spillefilm
Release date(s)	September 26, 2008
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Troubled Water (Norwegian: DeUsynlige (The Invisibles)) is a 2008 Norwegian film directed by Erik Poppe.

The film depicts a large part of the story twice, from the perspectives of two people.

Plot

As a teenager Jan Thomas (Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen) and a friend run off with young boy Isak in a stroller left outside a cafe by the mother. The boy runs away, slips, and falls on a rock, suffering an apparently fatal head injury. Pressured by his friend, Jan Thomas, afraid of the consequences, carries the boy into a nearby river with a strong current, where he sets him adrift. Jan Thomas testifies that the boy was killed by the fall, but he is convicted of murder.

As a young adult he is released from prison and befriends single mother Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) (the pastor of the church where he plays the organ) and her young son Jens. Agnes (Trine Dyrholm), Isak's mother, sees that Jan Thomas has been released and is concerned for the safety or her two adopted daughters. Her panicking reaction causes strain in her relationship with the two girls.

Agnes sees Jan Thomas together with Jens, and is also concerned that Jens may not be safe. When Jan Thomas lets Jens wait a few minutes outside Jens' school while Jan Thomas picks something up in the school, he returns to find Jens missing. Jan Thomas is very concerned when Jens is missing. Scared by ensuing events, Jens flees into the river and almost drowns. With great danger for himself Jan Thomas catches him, and holds on to a branch, after which Agnes, in a surprise twist of plot, helps them reach the shore. Jan Thomas confesses to Agnes what really happened earlier to her son Isak.

The movie was released in the USA by filmmovement.com.

Reception

Troubled Water won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2008.^[1]

References

1. ^ Brooks, Brian (October 19, 2008). "Dispatch from the Hamptons: Troubled Water, Herb and Dorothy Dominate at 16th Hamptons Fest". indieWire. http://www.indiewire.com/article/dispatch_from_the_hamptons_troubled_water_herb_and_dorothy_dominate_at_16th/. Retrieved 14 June 2010. 

External links

Troubled Water at the Internet Movie Database