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Tongue Cutters documentary

Original title: Tungeskjærerne
Year: 2017
Running time: 82 min.
Country: Norway
Director: Solveig Melkeraaen
Screenwriter: Solveig Melkeraaen
Cast: Documentary, Self: Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell, Tobias Evensen
Music: Håkon Gebhardt
Cinematography: Håvard Fossum
Producer: Medieoperatørene
Genre: Documentary | Childhood. Fishing. Small Town Life (Non-North American)
Synopsis: Far up in northern Norway, in the cod-fishing community of Øksnes, there are children as young as 5 who work as codfish tongue cutters. Tongue cutting is an old tradition which is still important today to recruit future fishermen in northern Norway. The film tells the story of the 9-year-old city girl Ylva, who spends her winter holiday with her grandmother and grandfather and the 11-year-old Tobias, who is already an experienced tongue cutter. Ylva and Tobias got to know each other last winter, but now it's time to let Ylva give tongue cutting a try!

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Tongue Cutters

2017

Solveig Melkeraaen