Movie
Solitary Road
“Life along a road you cannot reach.”
6.4/10
2024
1h 13m
sv
Documentary
Overview
Constructed in 1955 to initially connect Kiruna in Sweden to Altavatn in Norway, the work with the Solitary road was stopped for military reasons. Five small villages had been connected by the road and they were left with a deserted 20 km stretch in the wilderness. Along the road Sami people and finish farmers continue their lives. They still have the road and they have brought really old cars over the ice of Torneträsk so they could drive during summer time. One of the old men that built the road, Sven-Erik Stöckel, writes a letter to the politicians in Kiruna, asking them to finish the road so people do not have to risk their lives getting to the road crossing the dangerous lake of Torneträsk. Will it ever be finished? And what happened to the children that were born as a result of the road workers coming into the wilderness meeting the local girls?
Director
Johan Palmgren
Writers
Kaveh Akaber, Johan Palmgren
Movie Information
Release Date
October 11, 2024
Runtime
1h 13m
Status
Released
Original Language
sv
Vote Count
5
Production
Vindelfilm AB
