
The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl
Drama
Overview
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
Top Cast


Henriette Steenstrup
Henriette Steenstrup
Origamijenta
Henriette Steenstrup
Origamijenta


Jan Gunnar Røise
Jan Gunnar Røise
The Director
Jan Gunnar Røise
The Director
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Thomas Hylland Eriksen


Thorbjørn Harr
Thorbjørn Harr
Anders
Thorbjørn Harr
Anders


Linn Skåber
Linn Skåber
The Sister
Linn Skåber
The Sister


Silje Torp
Silje Torp
Eva Larsen
Silje Torp
Eva Larsen


Anne Marit Jacobsen
Anne Marit Jacobsen
The Fortune Lady
Anne Marit Jacobsen
The Fortune Lady
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