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Hans Petter Moland’s ‘Growth of the Soil’ Picked Up by Beta Cinema Ahead of Toronto Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Cinema has been appointed world sales agent for "Growth of the Soil," a new film by Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland, ahead of its world premiere in the Special Presentation section of the Toronto Film Festival. The film adapts Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name and marks a notable addition to Moland's body of work, which includes several acclaimed collaborations with Stellan Skarsgård and multiple Golden Bear nominations.
The film is an epic love story set in Norway's mountains, following Isak, who settles remote land above the tree line, and Inger, the resilient woman he meets there, as they build a life and family together over the years. It stars Herbert Nordrum ("The Worst Person in the World") and Asta Kamma August, with a screenplay co-written by Moland and Gard B. Eidsvold, cinematography by Oskar Dahlsbakken and a score by Kaspar Kaae. Hamsun's original novel, "Markens Grøde," won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
In short
- Beta Cinema signs as sales agent for Moland's "Growth of the Soil"
- Film premieres at Toronto Film Festival's Special Presentation section
- Adapts Knut Hamsun's 1920 Nobel Prize-winning novel
Explained simply
"Growth of the Soil" is a Norwegian novel by Knut Hamsun that won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. The work has been translated into more than 40 languages. The story takes place over many years in Norway's remote mountains.
Hans Petter Moland is a Norwegian film director whose films have received multiple Golden Bear nominations at the Berlin Film Festival. He has regularly worked with Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård on previous projects. This film is an adaptation of Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel.
The film follows Isak, a man who settles on remote land above the tree line in Norway's mountains, and Inger, the woman he meets there. They build a life and family together over many years in this isolated setting. The cast includes Herbert Nordrum and Asta Kamma August, with cinematography by Oskar Dahlsbakken and music by Kaspar Kaae.