Kalak

20242h 0min

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. Ultimately, he has to confront his father.

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Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. Ultimately, he has to confront his father.

Released
March 7, 2024
Runtime
2h 0min
Director
Isabella Eklöf
Budget
$3,000,000
Genre
Drama
Language
Danish
Production
Made, Manna Film, Film i Väst, Mer Film, Lemming Film, Momento Film, Polarama Greenland, Beofilm, DR, SVT, NRK, YLE
Cast
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