I Curse the River of Time

It is 1989: Communism is crumbling, and Arvid Jansen, thirtyseven, is facing his first divorce. At the same time, his mother gets diagnosed with cancer. Over a few intense autumn days, we follow Arvid as he struggles to find a new footing in his life while all the established patterns around him are changing at staggering speed.

Set in

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  North Jutland · Denmark

  Mother retreats to childhood home in northern Jutland; climactic scenes set here
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• Oslo · Norway

  Oslo — Arvid Jansen's home, 1989 and 1960s flashbacks
• Jutland · Denmark

  Northern Jutland — mother's hometown, beach house memories