KON-TIKI

KON-TIKI, 2012
Norway | Blu-Ray, Color, 118’ | English, Norwegian

Directors:Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Pål Sverre Hagen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgård

During his stay in Peru, Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl developed a theory that indigenous people from South America could have settled on Polynesian islands 1500 years ago. To prove that this was possible he set out to sea with five men as adventurous as himself to reach Polynesia from Peru. A radio transmitter was the only modern equipment they had on the raft, which they built in the original style from balsa wood. Would they be able to reach their destination after facing countless dangers on this 4,300-mile journey? A gripping survival story, Kon-Tiki was the Norwegian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards.