There is a road in the middle of the wilderness far North of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. It was built 1955 and was supposed to lead to Norway. The work was interrupted and now there is only a fragment of a road of 20 kilometres between the mountains, without connection to the general road system. Along the road there are five villages, where time has stopped. There is no electricity nor any water. The villagers have transported old cars over the ice of Torneträsk from Kiruna to this unique place. The cars date from the ’60s and ’70s. In this film we follow the everyday life along the road. Small stories and events are mixed with deeper portraits of people living close to the wild and untamed nature. The world famous hockey player Börje Salming comes from one of the villages along the road. We take part in youngsters learning how to drive, funeral and the hunt for snowmobiles that were lost in a terrible accident.

TEAM

Director: Johan Palmgren
Editing: Kaveh Akaber
Cinematography: Jonas Rudström, Johan Palmgren, Jonathan Gammel, Jon Jogensjö, Hans-Olof Utsi and Jörgen Lindskog
Script: Kaveh Akaber and Johan Palmgren
Music: David Ricci and Niko Röhlcke
Graphics: Hugo Sundkvist
Sound: Ljudbang, Lisa Gustafsson and Oscar Lagerkvist
Sound Design: Per Nyström and Kaveh Akaber
Post: Benjamin Brunegård and Joakim Andreasson
VFX: Gustav Möjegård
Grade: Nils Fridén
Log: Manne Mossige-Norhwim, Ossian Sheppard, Lisa Sheppard and Juan José de Viciola
Editing Assistants: Kristina Westergren, Christoffer Billebo, David Hult and Filip Fritz
Edit Consultants: Rough cut services – Ollie Huddleston and likka Vehklahati, Lise Indal
Archive Research: Jonas Goldmann
Archive: SVT, SR and private
Poster: Stina Persson and Hugo Sundqvist
Translation: Jennifer Evanas, Stina Blind Labba, Mervi Jaako and Anna-Karin Niia
Economy: Mats Lagström
Assistant Producer: Isabel Andersson and Lisa Taube
Producer: Johan Palmgren
Controller SFI: Jenny Örnborn
Film Comissioner SFI: Jannik Splidsboel
Co-Producer Filmpool Nord: Katja Härkönen
Project Leader SVT: Mattias Sjöstedt
Publisher: Axel Arnö

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HIGH RES IMAGES

The brothers
Photo: Johan Palmgren
TIF 15,6 MB


Kalle Majava, Johan Turi and the boy Anders Salming in Salmi
Photo: Borg Mesch
TIF 9,4 MB


Transport over the lake of Torneträsk
Photo: Carl Niia
TIF 12,6 MB


Anneli Svonni
Photo: Johan Palmgren
TIF 18,1 MB


Funeral of Mikael Niia
Photo: Johan Palmgren
TIF 183,6 MB


Poster 70×100 cm svensk
JPG 19,6 MB