Film Movement Series-King of Devil's Island

Date:    Monday, March 19, 2012
Time:    7 pm
Where:  Community Room
Audience:  Adults

March Film: King of Devil's Island
Directed by Marius Holst

Norway | 2011 | Thriller | Norwegian w/ English subtitles | 84 minutes

Official Selection - Seattle Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection - Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival

"Haunting! Skarsgård is excellent as always and moody atmospherics enchance the conventional structure."
- Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Synopsis:
This true story of the infamous Bastøy Boys Home correctional facility in Norway, begins with the arrival of seventeen-year-old Erling, a rumored murderer.  He immediately clashes with the island facility's governor (Stellan Skarsgård), who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment are the only methods that can turn the boys into honorable members of society. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling slowly rouses the rest of the boys out of their resigned existence, and encourages them to fight to lift up their spirits. When tragedy finally falls at the hand of the sadistic dorm master, Erling leads his comrades in a courageous and vicious rebellion that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.

FILM MOVEMENT SERIES 
Each month the Whistler Public Library screens a foreign or art film that you will likely not be seen anywhere else.

Through our subscription to the Film Movement Series (courtesy of the Friends of the Whistler Public Library) we obtain a new award-winning film each month. Film Movement scours the world's top festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and New York to select the best films from thousands of entries.

The films are unrated and are not recommended for children under the age of 18.  All films will be screened in their original language, with English subtitles.

Sponsored by the Friends of Whistler Public Library.