{"id":12270,"date":"2021-07-21T23:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2021-07-21T23:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:20:42","slug":"2021-emmy-nominee-oslo-now-streaming-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/07\/21\/2021-emmy-nominee-oslo-now-streaming-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Emmy Nominee Oslo Now Streaming On Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oslo<\/em>, nominated for Outstanding TV Movie and also Music Composition at the 2021 Emmys, is now streaming first and only on Showmax. <em>Oslo <\/em>is based on the true story of negotiations between implacable enemies \u2014 the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oslo (2021) | HBO movie trailer | First on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lylHPY29lY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oslo<\/em> has been called \u201cextraordinary\u201d by <em>The Washington Post<\/em>; \u201cengrossing\u201d by <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>; \u201cthrilling\u201d by <em>Variety<\/em> and \u201cmore timely than ever\u201d by <em>TV Guide<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson (<em>Luther, The Affair<\/em>) stars as Mona Juul, a Norwegian foreign minister, with Emmy nominee Andrew Scott (<em>Fleabag<\/em>, <em>Sherlock<\/em>) as Terje R\u00f8d-Larsen, a Norwegian sociologist and Mona\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oslo <\/em>is based on the Tony-winning play of the same name, adapted for the screen by the play\u2019s writer J.T. Rogers and director Bartlett Sher. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit hard to believe but my daughter\u2019s best friend in second grade was the daughter of Mona Juul and Terje R\u00f8d-Larsen,\u201d says Sher. \u201cWe became friends and I introduced Terje to J.T.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestian stars Salim Dau (<em>Fauda<\/em>) and Waleed Zuaiter (<em>Ramy, Baghdad Central, Gangs of London<\/em>) play Ahmed Qurie, finance minister of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, and his associate Hassan Asfour respectively, while Israeli actor Jeff Wilbusch (<em>Unorthodox<\/em>) plays Uri Savir, director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers says, \u201cA political act of this story is simply putting both sides of a very intense conflict front and centre and allowing them to speak their piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sher agrees. \u201cThe play was so successful because good theatre is not between a wrong and a right; a good piece of theatre is between two rights.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Palestinian and Israeli cast, the story was personal. \u201cFor all the Palestinians and Israelis in the cast, this was a subject matter that we\u2019d all be able to draw our own experiences from,\u201d says Zuaiter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilbusch agrees. \u201cFor us it was not really a movie. We are actors and we are acting, but it was very emotional for both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zuaiter adds, \u201cThese men were unapologetic. They fought a lot but they made up a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers says, \u201c<em>Oslo<\/em> the film is an intellectual thriller about people risking their lives for beliefs larger than themselves. What fascinated me about these men is that they were changed by seeing the enemy as a human being; that to me is a story very much worth telling in the world we\u2019re living in. There\u2019s something beautiful about a story where people have the courage to see beyond their personal hatreds and fears and see their enemy as a person, and to be changed by that, and in some cases to be friends for the rest of your life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sher, it\u2019s a case of, \u201cOh my God, if they can get together then anything is possible\u2026 In a culture that is deeply polarised, if you can watch a story about people who couldn\u2019t be more different from each other, it may make you ask, \u2018What is it going to take in the current circumstances to see if there is any common ground?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords failed. \u201cBut the point of the movie is that they tried,\u201d says executive producer Cambra Overend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe we can change the world with a movie,\u201d admits Dau. \u201cBut we have to do something; we can\u2019t go on like this\u2026 We have to live together, because we have no choice.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oslo, nominated for Outstanding TV Movie and also Music Composition at the 2021 Emmys, is now streaming first and only on Showmax. 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