Aslat Mahtte Gaup

Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.

After living in Oslo for many years, Lena moves back to Sápmi in northern Norway with her young son, to explore Sami gender in an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she falls in love with reindeer herder Máhtte, whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of the relationship. As decisions from the past come to haunt her, Lena struggles to find out whether her and Máhtte’s lifestyles can ever be compatible.

Five young kids decide to leave the civilization in order to purchase the life of their ancestors who once roamed the lands. However that territory is now forbidden area, but the youth have made a decision to start a new life in the wilderness. But they have forgotten that reality ultimately has a tendency to catch up with dreams, can they ever find their lost paradise?

Elvira, a confident Sámi teenager, firmly believes that her lesbian single mother conceived her at a Danish fertility clinic. She often daydreams about her father, envisioning him as a charismatic movie star. However, her world is turned upside down when her real biological father unexpectedly steps into her life.

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In the village of Utfjord, Sami Elin fights to preserve the pastures of the family that runs reindeer, but when she falls in love with Daniel, her values are put to the test.