Kaja spends a few summer days with her little sister at a holiday camp on the small island of Utøya. The news of an attack in Oslo unsettles the youngsters - and suddenly shots are fired. A fight for survival begins. The following 72 minutes, captured in a single shot, follow the events that cost the lives of 69 people - children and adolescents - and deeply shocked Norwegian society. Director Erik Poppe forgoes music and refrains from staging scenes featuring either explicit violence or the perpetrator in an intimate portrayal that brings us as close as possible to the emotions and thoughts of those who were exposed to such an unthinkable situation. Several of the survivors served as advisors to the film crew during both the production and filming.
Text: Merlin Webers
English: Peter Rickerby