Songs of Earth (2023) poster
2023 · documentary · nature · norwegian

Songs of Earth

Directed by Margreth Olin1h 39m2023
ElsewhereIMDb7.11kRT100%Metacritic85TMDB7.219
  • warm
  • slow-burn
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, slow-burn, gentle documentary / nature, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

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With Olin's 85-year-old father as guide, we experience Norway's most adventurous valley, Oldedalen in Nordfjord. He grew up here, and here generations before him have lived in balance with nature.

Our read · Songs of Earth (2023) reads as a cosy, slow-burn, grounded documentary · nature · norwegian entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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You want a beautiful Norwegian nature documentary with a father guiding through his valley.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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