State of Happiness

A story of a changing nation, a Klondike town, and four young people who are thrown into a whirlwind of opportunities.It’s the summer of 1969 in the small coastal town of Stavanger. International oil companies have been test-drilling for years, but nothing has been found and they are in the process of leaving. The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the oil rig Ocean Viking is lit. And everything is about to change.

Written by
Mette Marit Bølstad. Based on an idea by Synnøve Hørsdal & Siv Rajendram Eliassen

Directed by
Petter Næss & Pål Jackman

Photography
Lars Vestergaard

Editing
Zaklina Stojcevska, Erik Aster & Perry Eriksen

Music
Jan Inge « Ginge » Anvik

Cast
Anne Regine Ellingsæter, Bart Edwards, Amund Harboe, Malene Wadel

Production
Maipo Film

Sales
DR Sales

Broadcast
NRK1