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Cast

Tobias Evensen

Tobias Evensen

Self

Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell

Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell

Self

Crew

Solveig Melkeraaen

Solveig Melkeraaen

Writer

Ingvil Giske

Ingvil Giske

Producer

Solveig Melkeraaen

Solveig Melkeraaen

Director

Håvard Fossum

Håvard Fossum

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Tongue Cutters

20176.2 / 1082 min
Documentary

Overview

Small children. Big Knives.

Hidden between a row of fishermen gutting fish, standing on a floor full of blood and intestines we find Tobias (10). In front of him is a big box filled with cod heads. With an almost frightening pace he slices and cuts the tongues off the heads, and puts them on a big nail. In the northern part of Norway Tobias and many other children work as cod tongue cutters. The tongues are considered a delicacy, and they are exported around the world to countries like China and Japan. But in Northern Norway they are simply everyday food when in season. The children start from the age of 6, and can earn a lot of money during a winter season. This job has always been reserved for the children, as long as the fishing industry has existed.