The Other Side of Sunday Movie Review 1996

A small town in 1959 Norway is the setting for this coming of age comedy. Maria (Thiesen) is the eldest daughter of conservative priest Johannes (Sundquist). Fun doesn't seem to be part of their religion but puberty is hitting Maria hard and she longs to join in with the livelier crowd of her school friend Brigit (Salvesen), who listens to rock 'n' roll, wears makeup, and makes out with boys. Maria does find a compassionate listener in Mrs. Tunheim (Riise), who urges the teenager to learn how to think for herself. Based on the novel "Sunday" by Reidun Nortvedt. Norwegian with subtitles.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from Norwegian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Angst, Coming of Age, Religion, Period Piece: 1950s

Screenplay

Berit Nesheim, Lasse Glomm

Cast

Marie Theisen, Bjorn Sundquist, Hildegunn Riise, Sylvia Salvesen

Cinematography

Arne Borsheim

Director

Berit Nesheim

Music

Geir Bohren, Bent Aserud

Producer

Grete Rypdal, Oddvar Bull-Tuhus, Norwegian Film Institute, Norsk FilmDistribusjon