Cod tongue is a delicacy in Norway, and the job of cutting the cod’s tongue is traditionally reserved for children who wish to get an extra penny. In this charming and whimsical coming-of-age story, 9-year-old Ylva follows her family’s footsteps by working a season in the fisheries of northern Norway. That’s where she meets a boy who will become her mentor and her best friend...
Tongue Cutters
Tungeskjaererne

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- Direction: Solveig Melkeraaen
- Script: Solveig Melkeraaen
- Cinematography: Havard Fossum
- Editing: Mina Nybakke, Elise Solberg, Erland Edenholm, Solveig Melkeraaen
- Sound: Niels Arild
- Music: Hakon Gebhardt
- Production: Medieoperatørene AS
- Producers: Ingvil Giske
- Choreography: Anne Guri Tvedt
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Norway
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 83'
- Contact: Norwegian Film Institute, toril.simonsen@nfi.no
Solveig Melkeraaen
Filmography
2002 Radio Bingo (short)
2009 Statistics (short)
2010 The Bankbus (short)
2014 Good Girl
2017 Tongue Cutters
2021 The School by the Sea (short)
2009 Statistics (short)
2010 The Bankbus (short)
2014 Good Girl
2017 Tongue Cutters
2021 The School by the Sea (short)