In 1947, the explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl (Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen) is determined to prove that Polynesian culture emigrated, not from Asia as supposed, but from South America. To this end, he attempts to faithfully recreate the journey taken 1500 years earlier from Peru to the South Pacific islands on a raft made of balsa wood. Although Heyerdahl himself documented his journey with a 16 millimeter camera and the resulting film won the 1950 best documentary Oscar, this stunning dramatic recreation of his voyage is one of the best films of 2012. The Norwegian entry in this year's best foreign language Oscar derby, the film provides more of a background of Heyerdahl than the documentary, notably in his relationship with his wife (Agnes Kittelsen) as well as his crew members. It's a visually grand (Geir Hartly Andreassen's lensing is among the year's best), emotionally rich satisfying cinematic experience. Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and the superb score by Johan Soderqvist. With fine work by Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Odd Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann and Jakob Oftebro.
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