Word: finnmark
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...fishing port of Berlevag is about as far as you can get from anywhere, perching on the Barents Sea above the Arctic Circle in Finnmark, Norway's northernmost county. Despite the remote location and frozen terrain, Berlev?g has something to warm hearts across much of Europe - a 30-man amateur choral ensemble starring in a poignant and quirky film called Heftig & Begeistret, or Cool & Crazy...
...ever, Jensen's "documusical" has been lauded at numerous film festivals. One critic aptly dubbed it an Arctic version of Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders' 1998 documentary about a legendary group of Cuban musicians. "The people up here don't take themselves too seriously," says Jensen, himself a Finnmark native. "The farther north you go in Norway, the more Latin the mentality...
...film begins in a distinctly un-Latin blizzard in Berlev?g, home to some 1,200 souls. On a headland facing the North Pole, the hardy ensemble solemnly belts out a robust ode to the forces of nature as icicles form on their whiskers. "Finnmark lad, you found your grave/Out on the awesome wave ..." Their songs are interspersed, as the seasons change, with glimpses into individual lives. The men - among them an agnostic church organist, a reformed drug addict and a bellicose communist - are kindly and ornery, childlike and cynical, flirty and stern. The camera lingers over small details...