During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with the derogatory jokes. When her cousin Mikkhal takes her to a camp by the Alta River, where people are demonstrating against the building of a dam, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. After a major confrontation with the police, Mikkhal and some other Sámi decide to go to Oslo to hunger strike in front of the Parliament. Knowing what is at stake, Ester realises it is time to make a stand…
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
as Ester
Gard Emil Elvenes
as Mihkkal
Sofia Jannok
as Risten
Beaska Niillas
as Piera
Marie Kvernmo
as Marit
Finn Arve Sørbøe
as Stein
William Sigvaldsen
as Thomas
Mary Sarre
as Áhkku
Ivar Beddari
as Gøran
Maria Bock
as Principal
Robert Amadeus Gaup Mienna
as Ailu
Mikkel Gaup
as Ailu's Father
