Ellos eatnu - Let the river flow

11 yrs 124 minutes • 2023 • 7.3

The award-winning Norwegian drama film Ellos eatnu - Let the river flow, directed by Ole Giæver, has reality background. When the Storting in 1978 decides to build a large dam in the middle of Sápmi, in the Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget, it triggers a conflict with demonstrations to preserve the river. Ester, who has denied her Sami identity all her life to avoid being exposed to racism, suddenly finds herself in the middle of the events and at the beginning of a personal journey.