Directed by Erik Richter Strand (Norway, 2006). With Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Edward Schultheiss, Henrik Mestad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal & Marika Enstad. In Norwegian with English subtitles. 103 min.
25-year-old Lars works as an attendant at an Oslo swimming pool. Good-hearted but violent-tempered, he shares a troubled past with his best friend Jørgen. Now Jørgen is on his way to adulthood with his girlfriend and their child, while Lars still lives the bachelor life of soccer and beer. One day Lars gets a nasty surprise at the swimming pool: he recognizes Hans, a middle-aged man who’s rumored to fool around with teenage boys. Lars alerts Anja, head of the pool and Jørgen’s girlfriend, that Hans is a threat and needs to be banned from the pool. When Anja will not listen to any accusations without proof, Lars sets out on his own to gather evidence and recruits Tim, a boy who has been seeing Hans, to help him bring down the abuser. Soon the situation spins out of control, and rage takes over as Lars embarks on a crusade that endangers the very people he set out to protect. Sons has been awarded the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival’s Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award, the Black Night Film Festival’s Don Quijote Award (Tallinn), and the Seattle International Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize.
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