The Wave

Running time: 105 mins

Kristoffer Joner (The Revenant) thrills in Norway’s foreign-language Oscar submission. Nestled in Norway, a picturesque village, Gejranger, brims with spectacular beauty, nature, and soon…disaster. Just as family-man geologist Kristan (Joner) is about to retire from Geiranger’s warning center, he witnesses a colossal rockslide tumble off a fjord. It sets off a cataclysmic 325 foot tsunami, barreling towards Kristan’s family where the wave will hit hardest. To make matters worse, the village’s residents have only ten minutes to escape impending doom. With brilliant performances and breathtaking visual effects, director Roar Uthuan’s The Wave will excite fans of epic disaster films while delivering the emotionally gripping quest of a man saving his family and his town. - Kady Le