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This Film Is Bad News for Norwegian Children Who Need Protection

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • Fjord, this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner, portrays Norway’s child welfare system as a force confronting a conservative Christian Norwegian-Romanian family.
  • The film opens in Norwegian cinemas on Friday and could fuel protests and skepticism toward the country’s child welfare authorities.
  • The family’s children are not allowed to listen to music, dance, use mobile phones or watch YouTube.

A film that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes is being presented as a direct attack on Norway’s child welfare system, and Aftenposten commentator Andreas Slettholm says it could make matters worse for children who need protection.

Fjord arrives in Norwegian cinemas on Friday. Slettholm writes that the film could prompt new protests and create more skepticism toward the country’s child welfare authorities, arguing that it rests on questionable foundations.

The film follows a conservative Christian Norwegian-Romanian family with five children after it moves to a small community in western Norway. The children are not allowed to listen to music, dance, use mobile phones or watch YouTube. The article notes, with irony, that the last restriction is currently viewed as good parenting by some.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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