The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

2005 · 51 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud · Written by Dag Johan Haugerud

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