Doing Good (2016)

Doing Good (2016). 1h 39m

“If this film hadnu0026#39;t been made my Margreth Olin, I never would have gone to see it. Her last film u0026quot;Nowhere homeu0026quot; (u0026quot;De andreu0026quot;) made me speechless after viewing. A film about under age youth refugees with no home country being thrown across borders. It was great, as most of her films have been.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, I went to see this new film, quite biased, since I really doesnu0026#39;t believe in healers like the one depicted, the quite famous Joralv Gjerstad. Now an old man, but he has been a healer all his life, and most profoundly: He never took money for his services. The film has got additional publicity just before, since a part of the film also includes her taking contact with Gjerstad after her live in boyfriend got a severe stroke whilst this film was in post production.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cinema was surprisingly full, and later I got to know that this film had a record audience for a documentary in Norway over the premiere weekend. And what a roller-coaster of emotions we are put through. Olin has made a documentary that make you feel awe, joy and in the next moment makes the tears burst. The film is an emotional roller-coaster, and even if you doubt the u0026quot;giftu0026quot; of healing, the meeting with all the troubled people seeking him out, will most surely affect you. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNorwegian filmmaker Margreth Olin has without doubt become Norways best film documentary maker. Once again she has made an interesting, and above all, moving film. Whatu0026#39;s more interesting is that for every film she makes, she manages to make the next even better. I will definitely say that this is her bets film to date. So even if youu0026#39;re not able to grasp the idea and truth about healing – Iu0026#39;m for sure not at all convinced in even it being a possibility – the force of believing is immense. Well worth a watch!”