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The Dream of Maelen

2003 / 25 minutes

Directed by: Eirik Sandberg

Anthropologist

Country of production: United Kingdom

Series: Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film

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Arne Bakke Mælen lives alone on the small family farm he inherited on the edge of a fjord. The farm is no longer viable economically and, like many small farmers in Norway, he has not found a woman to share this life. But for Arne, the landscape is suffused with memory and he does not wish to leave. Instead he dreams of making a living as a wood sculptor, distilling the intensity of his feelings into works of art.

Language and subtitles: Original Version with English Subtitles

Region: Scandinavia

Country: Norway

Keywords: Art / Artists / Artisans Rural Agriculture / Farming

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