This movies is not "based on real events", it's based on one person's presentation of events. The film makers have not made any effort to research the case for themselves, or even talk to either the involved institute (I'll get back to that) or even the father. I don't think they've talked to anybody involved, except for Ms. Bhattacharya.
The lack of any Norwegian involvement in the film, and the lack of any research done, is clearly identified by the silly misspelling of the name of the institute; "velferd" is consistently misspelled and mispronounced as "velfred". Anyone with any knowledge of Norwegian, heck even a simple online search, would have revealed this mistake. The lack of research is sad, because the real story involves a great drama with many aspects and would have made for a much stronger and deeper movie.
That being said, see this film as an emotional story of how an immigrant mother experienced her life in Norway. But don't think it even represents half of the story. As a retelling of real events, this movie is no more than one-sided propaganda.
The lack of any Norwegian involvement in the film, and the lack of any research done, is clearly identified by the silly misspelling of the name of the institute; "velferd" is consistently misspelled and mispronounced as "velfred". Anyone with any knowledge of Norwegian, heck even a simple online search, would have revealed this mistake. The lack of research is sad, because the real story involves a great drama with many aspects and would have made for a much stronger and deeper movie.
That being said, see this film as an emotional story of how an immigrant mother experienced her life in Norway. But don't think it even represents half of the story. As a retelling of real events, this movie is no more than one-sided propaganda.