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Hud (1986 film)

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Hud
Directed byVibeke Løkkeberg
Written byVibeke Løkkeberg
Terje Kristiansen
Produced byTerje Kristiansen
Vibeke Løkkeberg
StarringVibeke Løkkeberg
CinematographyPaul René Roestad
Edited byTerje Kristiansen
Music byGeir Bøhren
Arne Nordheim
Bent Åserud
Release date
  • 9 October 1986 (1986-10-09)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Hud ('Skin') is a 1986 Norwegian crime film directed by and starring Vibeke Løkkeberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot summary

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The action takes place in a strongly male-dominated island community in Western Norway in the 1890s. Vilde, a young woman (played by Vibeke Løkkeberg) lives here with her invalid mother (Elisabeth Granneman). Vilde has an incestuous relationship with her stepfather (Keve Hjelm), which she desperately tries to hide. This relationship has resulted in a daughter, who is now ten years old. Because the daughter is mute and also not baptized, she is bullied and ostracized by the prejudiced island environment. The stepfather and the local priest demand that the woman marry a rich immigrant and baptize the child, but she refuses.

Cast

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Production

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Tonje Kleivdal Kristiansen, who in the film plays Malene (Vilde's daughter), is the real life daughter of Vibeke Løkkeberg, who plays Vilde.

There are 5 versions of this film. The latest one, the director's cut released in 2021, is 118 minutes long and is based on the version that was presented at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Compared to the longest version of the film (the TV series, 268 minutes long), there are some scenes deleted and others edited. The cuts mainly concern scenes of abuse. In particular, the most explicit moments were removed from the second incest scene.[2]

Literature

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Torbjørn Tumyr Nilsen (22 August 2015). "Mannlige kritikere slaktet Vibeke Løkkebergs 'Hud'. Nå beklager Per Haddal angrepene. Menn som hater filmer". Klassekampen. pp. 52–3.

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hud". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Ukas tips: Vibeke Løkkebergs fem filmer". rushprint.no. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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