Synopsis
Two exquisite lead performances and a story that is both thrilling and unpredictable make "Hold My Heart" a surprisingly watchable drama about the
strained relationship between a father and his young daughter. Harald (Jorgen Langhelle) is divorced from his wife, Cecilie (Andrea Braein
Hovig), after a break-up involving accusations of battery and child molesting. Forbidden to see his seven-year-old daughter, Lisa (Vera Rudi),
Harald kidnaps her in a fit of rage and, over the next few days, the two grow closer again. Only a policewoman (Ingjerd Egeberg) believes he´s not a
dangerous and violent man. Langhelle manages to make his character so ambivalent that for a long time the audience is unsure of his guilt, and
the young Rudi manages to hold her own against the adult actors.
Gunnar Rehlin
About the film
92 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Trygve Allister Diesen
/ Screenplay Trygve Allister Diesen, Knut Kristiansen
/ Dir. of Photography Harald Gunnar Paalgard
/ Music Kaada
/ Editor Einar Egeland
/ Producer Hilde Berg, Bent Rognlien
/ Production Norsk Filmproduksjon AS
/ Cast Jorgen Langhelle, Vera Rudi, Andrea Braein Hovig, Kari Simonsen, Ingjerd Egeberg, Anders Nyborg, Trond Hovik
