Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Stellan Skarsgård | ... | Tomas | |
Jean Anderson | ... | Kaisa as a Child | |
Lena Headey | ... | Kaisa | |
Charlotte Rampling | ... | Helen | |
Louise Goodall | ... | Sara | |
Jason Hetherington | ... | Perkins | |
Kate Lynn Evans | ... | Emily | |
John Killoran | ... | Blake | |
John Harwood | ... | Huddleson | |
Sara-Marie Maltha | ... | Receptionist (as Sarah Marie Maltha) | |
Fergus McLarnon | ... | Eric | |
Anders T. Andersen | ... | Customs Official | |
Henriette Steenstrup | ... | Car Rental Clerk | |
Kari Simonsen | ... | Waitress | |
Jan Grønli | ... | Granbakken |
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years. The impatient Kaisa reluctantly agrees. The story is a ruse: mom is dying and wants her ex and her daughter together again. The trip gets complicated (dad is too drunk to fly and the hot-tempered Kaisa gets them banned from the airline): they go by ferry then car, needing a great deal of help along the way from a sweet lorry driver named Clive. Will they reach Aberdeen before mom's death, and will Kaisa find any stability within herself or in others? Written by <[email protected]>
I am not the biggest fan of what I call "road movies." This is one of those movies about the road in a metaphorical sense, with life as the real journey. But this movie was not the typical cliched type of movie. It was well acted and directed, a must see.