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Movie poster: City of Tigers (2023)
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City of Tigers

2023 Drama
4.0 / 10 · TMDB

Freely adapted from Knut Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel "Hunger". A gifted artist goes through the same journey, hunger and pain in the Norwegian capitol Oslo as in 1890, but now during the Covid pandemic in the winter of 2021.

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Original Title Sult 2020
Year 2023
Country Norway
Genre Drama
Director Jan Vardøen
Rating TMDB: 4.0/10 (2 votes)

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The film constructs a stark bridge between the physical deprivation of the 1890s and the spiritual alienation of the modern era, exploring emptiness through Oslo's pandemic-deserted streets. It relies on a profoundly internal performance, where silence and subtle gesture carry the narrative's weight.

What lingers after viewing is a chilling, resonant study of the artistic mind under duress, where the hunger for meaning becomes as visceral as the need for bread. The experience is austere but deeply moving. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jan Vardøen

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Alone, in a quiet room, fully immersed in its contemplative and stark visual poetry.

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