Cast

Espen Skjønberg, Anita Bjørk, Ada Kramm, Hæge Juve, Jan Hårstad, Eva Opaker, Jannik Bonnevie, Svein Sturla Hungnes

awards

Cannes IFF 1979 – Eucumenic Special Mention

Film description

Anja Breien, sometimes referred to as 'the happy feminist’, knows no negation. Her characters do not burn their bridges, do not run from problems and, in the process, attain awareness of their own limits or emotional addictions. Heritage, a satirical story about the family, still the basic unit of social life, is a film, which seems to ask whether emancipated, independent, modern Norwegians still need family relationships?

A 54-year-old widower bequeaths his property to his family only if they manage to jointly run his company. Otherwise, the tremendous wealth will go to charity. Greed compels them into to a difficult coexistence, revealing smouldering hidden conflicts, antipathies as well as fondness. The ominous inheritance changes family lives, reveals secrets, agitates them, and opens opportunities for new dynamics.