Hud (1986 film)

Hud
Directed by	Vibeke Løkkeberg
Written by	Vibeke Løkkeberg Terje Kristiansen
Produced by	Terje Kristiansen Vibeke Løkkeberg
Starring	Vibeke Løkkeberg
Cinematography	Paul René Roestad
Edited by	Terje Kristiansen
Music by	Geir Bøhren Arne Nordheim Bent Åserud
Release date	9 October 1986 (1986-10-09)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian

Hud ('Skin') is a 1986 Norwegian crime film directed by and starring Vibeke Løkkeberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot summary

The action takes place in a strongly male-dominated island community in Western Norway in the 1890s. Vilde, a young woman (played by Vibeke Løkkeberg) lives here with her invalid mother (Elisabeth Granneman). Vilde has an incestuous relationship with her stepfather (Keve Hjelm), which she desperately tries to hide. This relationship has resulted in a daughter, who is now ten years old. Because the daughter is mute and also not baptized, she is bullied and ostracized by the prejudiced island environment. The stepfather and the local priest demand that the woman marry a rich immigrant and baptize the child, but she refuses.

Cast

• Vibeke Løkkeberg as Vilde
• Keve Hjelm as Sigurd, Vilde's Stepfather
• Terence Stamp as Edward, an artist
• Elisabeth Granneman as Vilde's Mother
• Frank Audun Kvamtrø as Antonies
• Per Jansen as Sjur
• Tonje Kleivdal Kristiansen as Malene
• Per Oscarsson as The Vicar
• Thale Svenneby as Vilde som barn

Literature

Torbjørn Tumyr Nilsen (22 August 2015). "Mannlige kritikere slaktet Vibeke Løkkebergs 'Hud'. Nå beklager Per Haddal angrepene. Menn som hater filmer". Klassekampen. pp. 52–3.

External links

• Hud at IMDb
• Hud at AllMovie
• Hud at the TCM Movie Database