Jan is on the run from himself after being sexually abused by his father. Living in Greenland with his little family, he yearns to be a part of the open, collectivist culture and become a Kalak, a “dirty Greenlander”.
Winner of the special jury prize and the best photography prize at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
Kalak
2023
18 years
120 min.
Fiction
Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands
Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, awarded films, parenthood, love relationship, sexuality, sexual violence, female directors
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