A 16-minute coming-of-age where the rite of passage is a harpoon and a seal.
One day in the lives of an average Greenlandic family, which happens to be of great importance for 8-year old Kali - he's about to catch his first prey with the harpoon. The whole family is looking forward for the huge step in boy's maturation.
Cinematography
Ice and blood shot with documentary intimacy—no nature-doc gloss.
Direction
Haxthausen steps back; the family carries every frame.
Director
Tørk Haxthausen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Denmark's 1980s assimilation policies; Greenlandic self-governance was still two decades away. The family's ordinary day carries political weight.
Tørk Haxthausen recorded his own Danish narration, then abandoned it—final cut is voiceless, against broadcast conventions.
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