Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boys daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys being straightened out with education they end up being used as cheap, manual labor. The boys attempt to survive by adapting to their inhumane conditions. One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom?
Release Date: 17 December 2010Runtime: 122 min
Stars:
- Agnar Jeger Holst
- Benjamin Helstad
- Daniel Berg
- Frank-Thomas Andersen
- Kristoffer Joner
- Magnar Botten
- Magnus Langlete
- Markus Brustad
- Morten Løvstad
- Nils-Fredrik Tveter
- Odin Gineson Brøderud
- Richard Safin
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Tommy Jakob Håland
- Trond Nilssen
Director: Marius Holst
