Tongue Cutters

Tongue Cutters

2DCS/ESU
Director:Solveig Melkeraaen
Cast:Tobias Evensen, Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell
Premiere:19. November 2019
Length:85 minutes
Genre:Document

Director: Solveig Melkeraaen  •  Cast: Tobias Evensen, Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell

In the Northern part of Norway Tobias and many other children work as cod tongue cutters. The tongues are considered a delicacy, and they are exported around the world to countries like China and Japan. However, in Northern Norway, they are simply everyday food when in season. The children start from the age of 6 and can earn a lot of money during a winter season. This job has always been reserved for the children, as long as the fishing industry has existed. They even have their own cod tongue cutting championship every February. This winter city girl Ylva (9) from Oslo will spend her winter vacation up in the North. Usually, she lives far away from cod heads, sharp knives, fish blood, and intestines, but this winter she will visit her grandparents to try and learn the art of cutting tongues, just like her mother and her grandfather did before her.

Length: 85 min

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 19. November 2019
World premiere date: 10. March 2017

Country of origin:

  • Norway

Director: Solveig Melkeraaen  •  Cast: Tobias Evensen, Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell

In the Northern part of Norway Tobias and many other children work as cod tongue cutters. The tongues are considered a delicacy, and they are exported around the world to countries like China and Japan. However, in Northern Norway, they are simply everyday food when in season. The children start from the age of 6 and can earn a lot of money during a winter season. This job has always been reserved for the children, as long as the fishing industry has existed. They even have their own cod tongue cutting championship every February. This winter city girl Ylva (9) from Oslo will spend her winter vacation up in the North. Usually, she lives far away from cod heads, sharp knives, fish blood, and intestines, but this winter she will visit her grandparents to try and learn the art of cutting tongues, just like her mother and her grandfather did before her.

Year: 2017
Local premiere date: 19. November 2019
World premiere date: 10. March 2017

Country of origin:

  • Norway