The Riot

• Nils Gaup
• 105 min
• Norway, Sweden, Latvia
• 2023
• Fiction

A North Norwegian worker's western with Simon J Berger as a ruthless mine foreman in an epic dramatization of the Sulis uprising of 1907.

In the isolated village of Sulitjelma, the mining company rules with an iron fist, and a spirit of rebellion grows among the workers. The young Konrad labors to sort copper ore and dreams of a new life across the Atlantic. When the new Swedish foreman Wennström arrives to increase the mine's production pace, Konrad sees an opportunity to advance. Wennström recruits Konrad as an informant, but Konrad soon realizes he has made a pact with the devil as a workers' revolt looms ever closer. Oscar-nominated Nils Gaup presents a grand drama about the dream of a better life, the cruelty of capitalism, and the fight for justice against the backdrop of one of Norway’s most tumultuous historical events.

- Josef Kullengård

• Drama
• Historia
• Politik
• Motstånd
• Kapitalism