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Anja Breien (born 12 July 1940)[1] is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. One of the leading figures of the Norwegian film industry[2], her body of work in fiction and documentary explores social and political issues, notably women's rights within the context of Norwegian society.[3][4]
Career
editAfter completing her studies in French at the University of Oslo, Breien went on to graduate from the French film school L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in 1964.[2] She began work in film as script supervisor on the Nils R. Müller film Det Store Varpet in 1961.[2] Her first film as a director and screenwriter was the 1967 short film Growing Up, followed by the feature-length Rape (Voldtekt), released in 1971.[2] Rape was praised by critics[2], but also sparked debate due to its criticism of the Norwegian criminal justice system.[4] Breien subsequently wrote and directed Wives (Hustruer) (1975), which became a box-office success and received critical acclaim throughout Scandinavia.[3] Wives was inspired as a feminist response to John Cassavetes' Husbands (1972), and follows three women in their thirties who temporarily abandon their domestic responsibilities for a day of freedom.[5] Breien went on to write and direct two sequels, Wives - Ten Years After (Hustruer 10 År Etter) (1985) and Wives III (Hustruer 20 År Etter) (1996), featuring the same characters ten and twenty years later.[2] In 1981's Witch Hunt (Forfølgelsen), Breien again critiqued her home country's patriarchal society through the story of a woman accused of witchcraft in 1630s western Norway.[5]
Breien has directed all of her screenplays with the exception of 1994's Second Sight (Trollsyn), directed by Ola Solum.[4]
Style
editBreien is noted for her realist approach to storytelling, her use of the long take, and her use of a slow, contemplative pace.[5]
Rape (1971) uses a non-chronological storytelling technique and has been compared to Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation (2011).[3]
Filmography
edit- Growing Up / Vokse opp (1967)
- Rape / Voldtekt (1971)
- Wives / Hustruer (1975)
- Games of Love and Loneliness / Den allvarsamma leken (1977)
- Heritage / Arven (1979)
- Witch Hunt / Forfølgelsen (1981)
- Paper Bird / Papirfuglen (1984)
- Wives – Ten Years After / Hustruer 10 År Etter (1985)
- Twice Upon a Time / Smykketyven (1990)
- Second Sight / Trollsyn (1994) (as screenwriter)
- Wives III / Hustruer III (1996)
- Solvorn / Solvorn (1997)
- To See a Boat in Sail / Å se en båt med seil (2001)
- Untitled – Sans Titre / Uten tittel (2005)
- Yezidi / Jezidi (2009)
- Etching / Riss (2009)
- From the History of Chewing Gum / Fra tyggengummiens historie (2012)
References
edit- ^ "Anja Breien - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ a b c d e f "Anja Breien - English". www.nfi.no. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ a b c "Museum of the Moving Image - Programs - Anja Breien: Games of Love and Loneliness". www.movingimage.us. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ a b c Kristjansson-Nelson, Kyla (2015). "Norway". In Nelmes and Selbo (ed.). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 518.
- ^ a b c Kindem, Gorham A. (1987). "Norway's New Generation of Women Directors: Anja Breien, Vibeke Lokkeberg, and Laila Mikkelsen". Journal of Film and Video.
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