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Norway10 Essential Norwegian FilmsStop 7 of 10

The Wave

Bølgen

2015

A geologist at a scenic Norwegian fjord town realizes too late that a mountainside is about to collapse and unleash a towering tsunami, giving residents only minutes to flee to high ground. A tense, well-crafted disaster thriller.

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Part of 10 Essential Norwegian Films

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Norway. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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