Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she recieves a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realise that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality. (Written by Anders E Lundin )
Silje Storstein Tomas von Brömssen Andrine Sæther Bjørn Floberg Hans Alfredson Nils Vogt Minken Fosheim Edda Trandum Grjotheim Arne Haakonaasen Dahl Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum Kjersti Holmen Jesper Christensen Lars Arentz-Hansen Ingar Helge Gimle Giorgos Floros Sven Henriksen Mark Tandy Kåre Conradi Espen Skjønberg Eindride Eidsvold Ola Otnes Finn Schau Rocco Petruzzi Vanessa Borgli Christian Skolmen Jesper Christensen Pjotr Sapegin Lars Arentz-Hansen Jon Eivind Gullord Sofie Cappelen Yassmine Johansen Lars Reynert Olsen Andrea Gustavsson Kim Haugen Geir Pettersen Maria Sand Gustavson Kari Simonsen Christoffer Staib Lars Steinar Sørebø Jon Øigarden
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