IMDb plot summary: Thomas and Thomas are going through a rough patch: they are both thirty-something actors living in Paris. They randomly decide to leave the city and fly away to Kullorsuaq, one of the most remote villages of Greenland, where Thomas' father Nathan lives. Among the Inuit community, they will discover the charms of the local customs and their friendship will be challenged.
Directed by Sébastien Betbeder. Starring Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Scimeca, and François Chattot.
Journey to Greenland follows a French actor who visits his father in Greenland and brings a buddy along. The two explore the area, learn more about the culture, and make some decisions about their lives. I sought out this movie because I had apparently never seen a film produced in Greenland, and this was the easiest one for me to find to check that off my list. I'll need to look for more at some point because while this is a decent enough little movie, I'd rather see a story about the people of Greenland with an insider lens more than this outside one. This movie has some lovely Arctic scenery and does a great job of setting the atmosphere of these young men's journey, and there's one surprisingly tense scene where we spend a full three minutes watching them desperately try to keep their dial-up Internet connection strong enough to submit the information they need to stay in business as working actors, but the character development as a whole is pretty underwhelming, and it's disappointing that we don't really get to spend much time with any of the individual residents of this town. The film casts a wide net and capture a few interesting moments, but I hoped for more from it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Journey to Greenland > King Kong Escapes
Journey to Greenland < Anna Karenina
Journey to Greenland < Die Hard
Journey to Greenland < You Can Count on Me
Journey to Greenland < Summer of Soul
Journey to Greenland < Hans Christian Andersen
Journey to Greenland > Horton Hears a Who
Journey to Greenland < Resurrect Dead: The Toynbee Tiles
Journey to Greenland < A Silent Voice
Journey to Greenland < For Pete's Sake
Journey to Greenland > The Bat Whispers
Journey to Greenland < Dodsworth
Final spot: #1845 out of 3754, or 51%.
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