There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This is truly a Norwegian classic. There are many people that have seen this film and found it boring. It was made in 1986 and it was the most expensive film ever made. When I first saw this film I was thrilled and very excited. It is by far the best movie I have ever seen. The film is about incest on a small Norwegian island. Vibeke Løkkeberg plays the role as a young woman and she is living a life knowing that her stepfather has given her a child. The child has not been baptized and the narrow-minded society on the island is bullying her. Her stepfather and the priest demands her to marry a rich newcomer and baptize the kid, but she refuses.

If you haven`t seen this "masterpiece" consider yourself lucky. It`s a classic norwegian tragedy, but with Vibeke Løkkebergs unique boredom. Here you can have 25 minutes with a woman standing in front of a boat. to quote Monthy Python: this is a wine for staying away and avoiding.