Heart of Light

1998 Greenlandic film

25 January 1998 (1998-01-25) (Greenland)

Running time

90 minutesCountryGreenland

Qaamarngup uummataa (Danish: Lysets hjerte^[1]) (English title: Heart of light) is a 1998 Greenlandic and Danish produced drama film directed and written by Jacob Grønlykke.^[2]^[3] It is the first major production for a film to be completely shot in Greenland.^[4]

The film is about an Inuit alcoholic, who has to come to terms with his criminal son. He leaves his village and seeks recovery, and returns a new man, refreshed.^[5] One of the central themes of the film is the conflict between modernity and tradition.^[1]

Cast

Rasmus Lyberth ... Rasmus
Vivi Nielsen ... Marie
Nukâka Motzfeldt ... drum dancer
Niels Platow ... Mikael Berthelsen
Kenneth Rasmussen ... Simon
Knud Petersen
Laila Rasmussen ... Karina
Agga Olsen ... Magdalene
Jens Davidsen ... Vicar
Henrik Larsen ... Plummer
Søren Hauch-Fausbøll ... Bar guest
Asger Reher ... chief of police
Karina Skands ... Girl in tent
Julie Carlsen ... Girl in tent

References

^ ^a ^b Schepelern, Peter (2010). Filmleksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. p. 347. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9.
^ Jones, Michael (2008). Nordic Landscapes: Region and Belonging on the Northern Edge of Europe. University of Minnesota Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-8166-3914-4.
^ Gilmore, Geoffrey (1999). "Heart of Light" Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine. Sundance Film Festival Archives.
^ Lerangis, Peter (2007). Smiler's Bones. Scholastic Inc. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-439-34488-3.
^ Blocker, Jack S.; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R. (1 January 2003). Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-57607-833-4.