Kalak

2h

Drama

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. Ultimately, he has to confront his father.

Production Companies

Made

Manna Film

Film i Väst

Mer Film

Lemming Film

Momento Film

Polarama Greenland

Beofilm

DR

SVT

NRK

YLE

Release date

7th Mar 2024

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Dansk, , English