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Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' Highlights Norwegian Child Protection Crisis
11/30/2025
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Story summary
- Cristian Mungiu, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner, prepares for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival with Fjord.
- Fjord stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve and follows a Romanian-Norwegian couple in a fjord village.
- The film is in post-production and is based on real events involving a legal investigation by Norway’s child protection system.
- Mungiu will attend the Marrakech Film Festival to support emerging filmmakers through the Atlas Workshops project.
