Hope (2019 film)

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Hope
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Film poster
Norwegian Håp
Directed by Maria Sødahl
Starring Andrea Bræin Hovig
Stellan Skarsgård
Production
company
Release dates
  • 7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)(TIFF)
  • 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)(Norway)
Running time
126 minutes [1] [2] [3]
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian
Box office$2.7 million [2]

Hope (Norwegian : Håp) is a 2019 Norwegian semi-autobiographical drama film directed by Maria Sødahl, based on the experience she faced with her husband, director Hans Petter Moland, when, nine years earlier, she had received a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer and was given by doctors only three months to live. [4] [5] [6] The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, [7] [8] making the shortlist of fifteen films. [9] The film premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2019 [10] and was first theatrically released in Norway on 22 November 2019. [2]

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Synopsis

A married couple must confront their long-neglected relationship when the wife is diagnosed with brain cancer. [11] [1]

Cast

Reception

Box office

Hope grossed $0 in the United States and Canada, [3] and a worldwide total of $2.7 million. [2]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 98% of 49 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10.The website's consensus reads: "A movingly personal work from writer-director Maria Sødahl, Hope sees stars Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård powerfully portraying a turning point in one couple's long love story" [12] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 87 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [13]

Television series

In January 2021, it was reported that Amazon Studios has secured the rights to adapt the Norwegian film Hope into a series. [14] The series is being adapted by Alice Bell, who will also serve as an executive producer with Nicole Kidman set to star and serve as an executive producer through her Blossom Films production company. [15] [16]

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