The Other Side of Sunday


The year is 1959. Psalms waft from the local church. Rock blasts out of juke-boxes. Maria, the priest's daughter, figures out that by the time of her confirmation she will have spent 640 hours sitting in church, and that's long enough! Maria does not want Communion or the blood of Christ. Maria wants a Coke at ''the den of sin,'' her father's name for the local cafe. Maria longs for life. She wants to wear earrings, meet boys, go out with her friends. She wants breasts that point upwards. Maria's confidant is Mrs. Tunheim, who unlike other church wives, is prepared to acknowledge that she actually has a body below her neck. Maria and Mrs. Tunheim's attempt to avoid ending up like the others. Based on Reidun Nortvedt's novel ''Sundays,'' this film paints a beautiful, humorous and sincere portrait of an era when growing up was all about everything forbidden. It is about never letting one's life be dictated by intolerance and denial, but treasuring one's own self-respect and following one's own course towards happiness and true fulfillment.

103 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Marie Theisen, Bjørn Sundquist, Hildegunn Riise
Director
Berit Nesheim
ScreenplayLasse Glomm, Berit Nesheim, from the novel by Reidun Nortvedt
MusicGeir Bøhren, Bent Åserud
Sound formatsDolby
Made in1996
Produced byNorwegian Film Institute, NRK Drama





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What the Critics say

Cape Argus
Gill Lord
15
The Star
Darryl Accone
15
Die Burger
Gabriël Botma
15
Sunday Times
William Pretorius
15
Rapport
Barrie Hough
20
TV3 Screenplay
Barry Ronge
16

What the People say

Internet
101 Netizens
18

Average .. 81%

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Visitor Ratings

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Christiaan Ahlers12
Ronald Smart18

Average .. 75%

15




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