Travel Reference
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ginners
(2000, Danish thirtysomethings learn Italian),
Together
(2000, life in
a 1970s Stockholm commune),
Elling
(2001, oddballs make it on their own),
and
Dalecarlians
(2005,big-city sister returns torural hometown). The quirky
Cool & Crazy
(2001) is an uplifting documentary about a Norwegian men's
choir, while
As It Is in Heaven
(2004) recounts a Swedish conductor's search
for happiness.
The Singing Revolution
(2006) is an enjoyable documentary
about Estonia's musical fight for freedom (
www.singingrevolution.com
)
.
Norway's resistance against the Nazi occupation is dramatized in
Max
Manus
(2008), which traces the exploits of the Norwegian war hero and his
comrades in Oslo during World War II. Trolls wreak havoc in modern-day
Norway in
Trollhunter
(2010), a fun fantasy-thriller that explains the real pur-
pose of those power lines in the Norwegian mountains.
Legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl epically crossed the Pacif-
ic on a balsa-wood raft in 1947 (he wanted to prove the possibility of South
American settlement of Polynesia). Norwegian filmmakers have catalogued
his exploits in two films called
Kon-Tiki:
an Academy-Award-winning docu-
mentary (1950) and a blockbuster historical drama (2012).
Let the Right One In
(
Låt den Rätte Komma in,
2008), a Swedish vampire
flick, is becoming a cult classic—especially for anyone who's dealt with a
bully. The Swedish film versions of Stieg Larsson's Millennium novels (with
Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth) are as compelling as the novels. Hollywood re-
leased its version of Larsson's
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
in 2011, star-
ring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.
