Alternative title: State of Happiness
State: Returning Series
Genre: Drama
Origin:
Norway / Belgium
Developed by: Tone Rønning
Stars: Anne Regina Ellingsæter, Bart Edwards and Malene Wadel
IMDb score:
7,9 (3.826)
Releasedate: Sunday 28 October 2018
This TV Show is not available on US streaming services.
Lykkeland plot
In the summer of 1969, the large oil multinationals that have been drilling for years in the fishing village of Stavanger are about to leave the field unimpressed. A drama for Stavanger, because the fishing industry is already struggling and more and more people see a bleak future. But then, just before Christmas, oil is still found. And how: This turns out to be the largest undersea oil basin ever found. From that day on, everything will be different in Stavanger.
Actors and actresses
Christian Nyman
Toril Torstensen
Ingrid Nyman
Fredrik Nyman
Anna Hellevik
Jonathan Kay
Christian Nyman
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Dievegge
- 224 comments
- 935 votes
"Happiness land" gives a good picture of the socio-economic consequences of globalization. Traditionally, fishing and farming have been the main sources of income in and around Stavanger, in southwestern Norway. When an American multinational starts drilling for oil, the lives of the local population are turned upside down. Some resist it; others try to get a piece of the pie.
There was already a social antagonism between the families of Christian and his fiancé Anna. His father is the director of a fishing company in town; she is a farmer's daughter from a rural village. Amorous and familial family issues are discussed, but also the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption and the resulting guilt. Norwegian folk music has to make way for American rock.
Norwegian and English are spoken alternately. The Norwegian actors are doing well. Visually, the underwater images are especially beautiful. Sometimes there is a resourceful matchcut. Right after the diving bell hits the seabed, it jumps towards falling drinking glasses on a table. Apparently there was also filmed in the Belgian Lint, but those will be indoor shots.
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Suitehome
- 856 comments
- 554 votes
The second season of Norwegian Lykkeland/State of Happiness builds on the enormous prosperity that oil extraction brought to Norway. Leading actor Anna Hellevik - excellently played by the unknown Stavanger native Anne Regine Ellingsaeter - works for the Oil Directorate and is the conscience of the series in a ruthless industry in the mid-1970s.
But Lykkeland offers much more; emancipation of working women in the 1970s, strong American influences, the religion that still occupies an important position, family and relationship problems... Learning how to deal with the great wealth that comes with oil extraction is not easy, it turns out.
It produces a beautiful and lively image of the time that may be a bit too soap opera for some. Fortunately, emotions are never unnecessarily magnified or exploited. The acting, design and moral dilemmas make Lykkeland a gripping drama.
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