The Storm in My Heart

Name: Jernanger
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-01-14
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Ailo Gaup, Pål Sverre Hagen, Hans Petter Hansen

Original title: Jernanger

2009
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Drama

'Jernanger' is a tale about Eivind, who is scared of nothing--except love. He lives aboard a boat in the South of Norway. The boat lies low and lopsided in the water. 30 years ago, Eivind le... Read all'Jernanger' is a tale about Eivind, who is scared of nothing--except love. He lives aboard a boat in the South of Norway. The boat lies low and lopsided in the water. 30 years ago, Eivind left his homestead and his teenage sweetheart behind, and he has not been back since. He was... Read all'Jernanger' is a tale about Eivind, who is scared of nothing--except love. He lives aboard a boat in the South of Norway. The boat lies low and lopsided in the water. 30 years ago, Eivind left his homestead and his teenage sweetheart behind, and he has not been back since. He was meant to go back when everything was hunky-dory, only that never happened. Then young Kri... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

621

YOUR RATING

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5/10

Great cinematography, story lacks focus

Jernanger, a story about lost love in the style of "Love in the time of cholera". The movie follow Eivind (Bjørn Sundquist), Who lives on the ship Jernanger, and Kris (Pål Sverre Hagen) who ends up working for Eivind on Jernanger to get her ready for a long voyage.

The cinemtography in this movie is great; the brownish palette, the rust, the beer and the sea. It really sets the tone, together with the casting, where Sundquist bears most of the load, with his bitter and dry behavior. The side characters were also enjoyable, especially Pedersen (Hans Petter Hansen). Great dynamics!

I wish the storyline had stayed true to this image. It does not. Instead it finds itself poluted with clichées, melodramatism and cheap plot techniques. I also felt that the storyline lacked focus, it seemed like it didn't really know where to go. It got stuck. Which is i shame.

All in all, worth watching (as are all movies shot in Stavanger!). But could have been so much more impressive.