Film tips week 43
Kosmorama recommends quality films for the week. You can catch these titles either on the big screen or on various streaming services!
The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy (Gartneren, buddhisten og spionen)
Where: Trondheim Kino
Rob Moore, a former TV producer, lives a life built on secrets and deception. For five years, he posed as a journalist and documentary filmmaker, earning the trust of anti-asbestos activists. In reality, he was secretly working as a spy for the asbestos industry mafia. When his true identity is exposed, the revelation sends shockwaves through the activist community.
Rob, however, refuses to be labeled a cynical conman. He claims that he was actually working as a double agent, secretly gathering evidence against his own employers—greedy oligarchs and multinational corporations seeking to block a global asbestos ban. With his life in ruins after the scandal breaks, Rob sees an opportunity to restore his credibility by persuading two seasoned British journalists to make a podcast about his story.
As the journalists delve deeper, they become increasingly obsessed with Rob’s mysterious past and the ethical dilemmas his espionage has created. Is Rob a truth-seeking whistleblower—or a manipulative liar? The boundaries between truth and deceit blur more and more.
The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy is a psychological thriller about power, failure, and the razor-thin line between doing good and doing harm. As the journalists try to uncover the truth, they realize they are being drawn into the web of lies themselves—and that Rob’s story may conceal a threat greater than anyone imagined.
© Håvard Bustnes, Indie Film
Sonisk Music film festival
Where: Cinemateket Trondheim
Sonisk Music Film Festival 2025 – October 23–26 at Cinemateket in Olavshallen
Welcome to the fourth edition of Sonisk! Spend an entire autumn weekend immersed in the magic of music on film (or film through music) as we present the very best from the world of music cinema.
Festival passes cost NOK 645 (or NOK 545 for students) and provide full access to all screenings and events.
Please note: You must still collect tickets for each individual film, even if you have a festival pass.
Single tickets for individual screenings without a festival pass cost NOK 120 each.
Universal Language
Where: Streaming
A surreal comedy where absurd stories intertwine in priceless comic tableaux — a wonderfully funny tribute to Persian culture and cinema.
In a parallel universe, the two official languages of Canada are Farsi and French. In the wintry city of Winnipeg, a group of schoolchildren struggle to retrieve a five-hundred-dollar coin they’ve found frozen into the sidewalk ice.
Meanwhile, a civil servant in Quebec quits his dull job to return home to his ailing mother — bringing along a turkey that has its own seat on the bus.
At the same time, a tour guide takes a group of fur-clad visitors on an excursion to some of Winnipeg’s most fascinating sights.
© Njuta Films
