Sons

Sons is a 2006 Norwegian film focusing on the conflict between a pederast and the boys with whom he has had intimate relationships (his "sons"). It is Erik Richter Strand's first feature film as a director, and the feature-film debut of producer Eric Vogel and cinematographer Johan-Fredrik Bødker. Plot Lars (Nils Jørgen Kaalstad) is a 25-year-old man who is going nowhere in life. He is a lifeguard in a swimming hall in the eastern parts of Oslo (characterized by its lower middle class population). He is well-meaning, but he has a violent temper - the result of an unhappy, abuse-ridden childhood. His best friend Jørgen (Edward Schultheiss) is transitioning to adult life with his live-partner, Anja (Marika Enstad) and their children, but Lars is still living the bachelor's life, consisting mostly of drinking beer and playing soccer. One day at a swimming pool, Lars recognizes Hans (Henrik Mestad), a middle-aged man with a reputation for "fiddling" with teenage boys in the neighborhood. Lars alerts Anja, the manager of the pool, that Hans is a menace who needs to be barred from the facilities. Anja says that Lars needs to get his life together and stop making uncorroborated accusations. When Lars meets Tim (Mikkel Bratt Silset), one of Hans' victims, he resolves to prevent the predator from harming any more children. Cast Nils Jørgen Kaalstad as Lars Mikkel Bratt Silset as Tim Edward Schultheiss as Jørgen Henrik Mestad as Hans Ingrid Bolsø Berdal as Norunn Anna Bache-Wiig as Heidi Ronnie Baraldsnes as Nyhetsanker Christin Borge as Dame i svømmehallen Terje Brevik as Prostitute's client Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen as Victim Marika Enstad as Anja Henrik Fjelldal as Roar Ane Hoel as Studio expert Lars Erik Holter as Man in Asker Jeppe Beck Laursen as Prostitute's client (billed as Jeppe Laursen) Fredrik Norrman as Torgeir Joachim Rafaelsen as Joakim