The Whore (2009 film)

The Whore
Directed by Reinert Kiil
Produced by Reinert Kiil
Written by Reinert Kiil
Starring Jørgen Langhelle
Kenneth Falkenberg
Music by Vegard Blomberg
Cinematography Vidar Olsen
Patrik Säfström
Edited by Reinert Kiil
Production
company
Kiil Produksjon
Distributed by Another World Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 September 2009 (2009-09-09) (BUT Film Festival)
  • 2 February 2010 (2010-02-02) (Norway)
Running time
89 minutes
Country Norway
Language Norwegian
Budget 240 000 Kr.

The Whore (Norwegian: Hora) is a Norwegian comedy-horror film directed by Reinert Kiil and starring Jørgen Langhelle.[1]

Plot

Rikke is a writer and is writing on a new novel. To find inspiration she decides to get out to the countryside town where her mother is buried. This local community called Dokka is fulled of goons, who will make difficult Rikkie to write her book.[2]

Cast

Production

Kiil shot the project with a budget of 240,000 Kroner in just 10 days with a shooting schedule of 16 hours per day at a cabin in Oslo.[3] It is Norway's first Grindhouse film.[4] Kiil cast Scandinavian porn star Isabel Vibe for the lead character Rikke.[5]

Release

The film premiered on September 9, 2009, in Oslo[6] and was on February 5, 2010, released on DVD in Norway.[7] The Whore was banned in Minneapolis at the Minneapolis underground film festival; a private screening was later organised.[8]

Awards

The film won Best Feature Award in the Netherlands at BUT FILM FESTIVAL 2009 and the award was presented to Reinert Kiil by director John Waters.[9] The Whore won best sound mix at Denver Underground Film Festival in 2009.

Soundtrack

The score was composed by Apoptygma Berzerk sound engineer Vegard Blomberg.[10]

Sequel

The Sequel Inside the Whore was released 2011 in Norway.[11] It was filmed in summer 2010 in Kvamm, Norway, the Director was in second time Reinert Kiil, which played in this sequel the lead, the other cast include Jørgen Langhelle, Viktoria Winge, Kim Sønderholm, porn star Isabel Vibe and Reality TV (Big Brother) star Anette Young.[12]

References

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