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Maria Sødahl (born 31 December 1965) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter who is best known for her internationally acclaimed film Hope (2019) and Limbo (2010). The former earned her the nomination of European Film Award for Best Director in 2020.
Apr 15, 2021 · With her stunning drama Hope, Norwegian writer/director Maria Sødahl artfully uses a woman’s cancer diagnosis as the portal though which she examines nothing less than life, loss, marriage and mortality. “I am not very interested in cancer,” says Sødahl in a Zoom interview from her home in Oslo.
Maria Sødahl was born on 31 December 1965 in Norway. She is a director and writer, known for Hope (2019), Limbo (2010) and Love & Hate - European Stories 1: Sara (1995). She is married to Hans Petter Moland.
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Hope ( Norwegian: Håp) is a 2019 Norwegian semi- autobiographical drama film directed by Maria Sødahl, based on the experience she faced with her husband, director Hans Petter Moland, when, nine years earlier, she had received a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer and was given by doctors only three months to live.
Jan 20, 2021 · Nine years elapsed between Norwegian director Maria Sødahl’s first film, 2010’s “Limbo,” and her new one, “Hope.” But the long hiatus was never part of the plan for Sødahl, who was forced to...
Sep 16, 2019 · Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl portrays an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story in her sophomore feature, Hope [+ see also: film review trailer interview: Maria Sødahl film profile].
Dec 9, 2021 · Hope addresses the realities of cancer with great sensitivity. Maria Sødahl’s first film in almost 10 years explores the Norwegian director’s own experiences with cancer, resulting in a moving portrait of grief and illness that’s never mawkish or maudlin. 9 December 2021. By Nikki Baughan.
