State of Happiness NOR (2018) HD 1080p S01
State of Happiness NOR (2018) HD 1080p S01
Original title: Lykkeland
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IMDb RATING: 7.8/10
Stars: Anne Regine Ellingsæter, Malene Wadel, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
***** Awards: 12 wins & 11 nominations *****
Storyline: Set in the small coastal town of Stavanger, Northern Europe in the summer of 1969. In a last-ditch attempt to strike oil, Phillips discovers the largest sub sea oil basin in history, and four friends are thrown into a whirlwind of opportunities.
Taglines: When Norway struck oil, their history was about to change!
Genres: Drama History
Certificate: TV-MA
Trivia: While based on history, the series is heavily fictionalized, with only five characters that really existed, including Arne Rettedal. Others were inspired by real people, such as Ed Young who is based on Phillips' Norwegian manager Alfred "Ed" Crump, or are completely made up, such as Jonathan Kay. Similarly, the Ocean Viking drilling rig really exists, the Esso Motor Hotel does to but did not exist yet at the time, and Nyman does not exist but was inspired by similar companies.
Featured review 8/10
The birth of a national myth
The discovery of oil in the North Sea brought sudden and unexpected wealth to a previously rural part of Norway; 'State of Happiness' follows both the history of the birth of the Norwegian oil industry, and the period of societal change. While some of the story feels generic, there were two details I liked. Firstly, the portrait of the canny Norwegian politicians who figured out how to make sure that their country, and not just the multinationals, made money out of oil. As a Briton, I got the idea that the founding of the State Oil company may play an analagous role in contemporary Norwegian mytholgy to the founding of the N.H.S. does in my country's. The other thing I liked is the way that the social transformation allows a number of the younger characters (two of them women) to find and value themselves; this plotline is well telegraphed throughout but still nicely executed. As an aside, although everyone is constantly bewailing the Stavanger weather, the story is filmed in generally much more clement conditions than we see in Scandinavian crime thrillers. And it's much more interesting than many of those.
Countries of origin: Norway Belgium
Languages: Norwegian English
Tech specs:
Runtime: 45 minutes X 8 Episodes
Color: Color
