検索キーワード： "Knut Hamsun" 大河

En mand vandrer i sidste halvdel af 1800-tallet rundt i den norske ødemark på jagt efter et egnet sted at slå sig ned og opdyrke jorden. Isak hedder manden, og han finder til sidst et egnet sted. Det næste år går med uophørligt, hårdt arbejde med skovfældning, opdyrkning af de ryddede...

Isak, a strong, stoical ‘tiller of the ground, body and soul’, makes his way into the Norwegian hinterlands and settles on an area of land that suits him, unaware that it belongs to the state. He fashions the land into a farm, named ‘Sellanraa’ by the enigmatic Lensmand Geissler, and builds a life for himself with his wife, Inger, and their children. Together they endure the seasons and the encroachment of industrialisation as they cultivate the land and make it fertile, proving that fulfilment lies with the soil.