The Experiment (2010) Eksperimentet

itle: The Experiment
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Year: 2010
Original title: Eksperimentet
Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish | Greenlandic
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama

Director: Louise Friedberg


Cast

Tanja Kielsen ... Kirsten
Laura With Bødker ... Johanne
Julia Naamansen ... Victoria
Benjamin With Bødker ... Benjamin
Pilutaq Mati Stork ... Abel
Najaaraq Stork ... Cathrine
Nukappiaaluk Nielsen ... Jonathan
Cecilie A. Kjeldsen ... Helene
Hugo Magnus Jerimiassen ... Otto
Iben Constance Francie Lange ... Petrine
Charlie Lange ... Lars
Sten-Peter Sanimuinak ... Konrad
Aputsiaq Jensen ... Ole
Najaaraq Margit Davidsen ... Dorthe
Kristian Falck-Petersen ... Daniel


Plot / Synopsis

THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic children, who have just come home after a year of civilization in Denmark. Now they are to be introduced into the Greenlandic community as role models. Gert, who lives alone and has no family, accepts the assignment with pride. She is idealistic and ambitious and feels passionate about saving Greenland from destitution. The means to this end is to educate and civilize the 16 children in the Danish language and culture, so they can spearhead Greenland's transformation from being a poor hunter society to being an equal part of Denmark. Due to her blind faith in the experiment, Gert underestimates the obvious personal costs to the children. And when the children as well as the Danish state fail her...