Aberdeen

Aberdeen

2000 · 113 min · EN · 6.6 (26 votes)
Dir. Hans Petter Moland · Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey, Charlotte Rampling, Ian Hart, Louise Goodall, Jason Hetherington · Music Zbigniew Preisner
DramaComedy

Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years.

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A raw, unflinching look at familial dysfunction and addiction. It feels like a bleak, honest conversation with someone you'd rather avoid, yet can't look away from. A heavy, character-driven journey.

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