THE
WAVE (2015)
Language - Norwegian
(Norway)
Genre - Disaster
Director - Roar Uthaug
*ing - Kristoffer
Joner (Kristian), Ane Dahl Torp (Idun)
IMDB Score - 6.7/10
PLOT
Kristian
is a geologist who has been studying the Geiranger mountains for a long time.
He got a new job into the oil industry, as a result after having the farewell
party he prepares to leave his office. But an anomaly in the groundwater
sensors in the mountain keeps him in the Geiranger. His colleagues said that it
will be a cable problem. But later he finds that it is not just the cable, it’s
the mountain plates that started shifting. If the mountain collapses, it can
create an 85-meter-high tsunami. The entire village is at a greater risk.
MY
VIEW
“The
Wave” is the first disaster movie made in Norway and Scandinavia. Even though
the movie is from a small industry it portrays disaster in a perfect way. It didn’t
show any heroic deeds from the main characters instead they all acted naturally
just like persons react during the situations of panic. There are no saving
factors for protagonists’ families like in the movie “2012”. If you’re a person
who loves to travel, then this small tourist village of Norway must be in your bucket
list. The movie portrays its beauty in a more elegant way, with emerald blue water and greenery filled mountains. But the fact is that the
basic plot of the movie is not fictional, because the director himself states
that the crack in the mountains of Geiranger is expanding in each year it will
be only a matter of time where the people will face a huge calamity. I felt
that the movie ended soon, maybe the director tries to be as real as possible
without adding much cinematic elements, but still, it shows many feelings of
humans like the love of father and mother towards their children, the love
towards towards their friends, even the tendency to survive themselves by killing
others.
VERDICT
It
was the No 1 in Norway Box-office in the year 2015 and gained much popularity
through the country. The Quake (2018) is a sequel to this movie. Apart from the
financial success, the movie had won many accolades in Norway like the The
Kanon Awards, Amanda Awards. It was also the official entry of Norway to
the 88th Academy Awards but failed to be
nominated. The movie is a must watch one for people of Kerala, because it shows
how civilians should behave during the case of emergency, leave all your
belongings because nothing can replace your life, reach as fast as possible to
the top of any mountain and all this have to be done within 10 minutes from the
Red Alert. The citizens of Geiranger is a perfect example for people to follow
during a disaster.
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