Pax (2011 film)

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Directed byAnnette Sjursen
Written byAnnette Sjursen
Lars Saabye Christensen
Based onPax by Annette Sjursen
Produced byFinn Gjerdum
Stein B. Kvae
Starring Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Kyrre Haugen Sydness
Ida Elise Broch
Samuel Fröler
Kristoffer Joner
Thomas von Brömssen
Anneke von der Lippe
Pia Tjelta
Ane Dahl Torp
Olivia Nystedt
Björn Granath
CinematographyPeter Mokrosinski
Edited byEinar Egeland
Production
company
Paradox AS [1]
Distributed byScanbox
Release date
  • March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)
Running time
75 minutes
Countries Norway
Sweden
LanguageNorwegian
Budget NOK 22,555,000 [2]

Pax is a 2011 Norwegian-Swedish film directed by Annette Sjursen. It was released on March 18, 2011. [3] The film stars many well-known Norwegian actors, but was not well received by critics and was considered a flop. [4]

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Plot

An engine of a Boeing 737 explodes midway during a flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to Oslo, Norway. Many on board thought the end was near, but for some, it was just a beginning. During the flight, we follow seven people and one heart, on its way from one person to the other. All seven people have something that they are fleeing from. But when the heavy airplane body falls to the ground, they imagine their lives in a secondary perspective. [5]

Reception

The film had a disastrous opening weekend with many critics asking what went wrong? [4] In a review for Verdens Gang, Jon Selås said "there is no seriousness or ambition in 'Pax'." [6] For NRK P3, Birger Vestmo wrote "Everything feels so hopelessly constructed: the lead-heavy script, the rigid characters, the embarrassing dialogue, the extreme coincidences and the improbability that make my eyes roll" [7] Despite the film being marketed as the Nordic region's first disaster film, and featuring just about all of Norway's movie stars, critic Maria Moseng described it as "artistic suicide". [8] Ingunn Økland said "When a movie tells you exactly what to feel, it becomes almost impossible to feel just that." [9] For Adresseavisen, Terje Eidsvåg described the movie as "Obscene drama so loaded with trauma that it becomes embarrassing." [10] The Dagsavisen critic said the film contained many examples of "pompous bullshit suffered by suffering actors, in a vain attempt to pretend that at least someone knows what they are doing" and nominated it as the worst film in Norwegian history. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pax movie profile". Paradox AS. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Pax" (in Norwegian). Norsk Filmfond. 2007-03-19. Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ "A Record Norwegian Film Season for Every Taste". The Nordic Page. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. 1 2 Nordseth, Pål (2011-03-28). "Svindel og kvotering, hva gikk galt med 'Pax'?" [Scams and quotas, what was wrong with 'Pax'?] (in Norwegian). Dagbladet . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Pax" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ↑ Selås, Jon (2011-03-17). "Pax" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Archived from the original on 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. ↑ Vestmo, Birger (2011-03-16). "Pax - Blytungt filmatisk håndverk. Dessverre!" [Pax - Lead-heavy cinematic craftsmanship. Unfortunately!] (in Norwegian). NRK P3 . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. ↑ Moseng, Maria (2011-03-17). "Pax" (in Norwegian). NATT&DAG . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  9. ↑ Økland, Ingunn (2011-03-17). "Overspent flydrama" [Oversized flight drama] (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  10. ↑ Eidsvåg, Terje (2011-03-17). "Søkklastet med traumer" [Trapped loaded with trauma] (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen . Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  11. ↑ Olander, Tord Pedersen (2011-03-17). "Aune Sands "Dis" kræsjlandet. Nå har den fått en utfordrer til bunnplassen i norsk filmhistorie" [Aune Sands' "Dis" crash lands. Now it has got a challenger to the bottom of Norwegian film history] (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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