RELEASE DATE
5-3-2013

RUN TIME
96 min

MPAA RATING
(PG-13), for a disturbing violent sequence

GENRE
Drama

STARRING
Pål Sverre Hagen, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Jakob Oftebro, Gustaf Skarsgård, Agnes Kittelsen

DIRECTOR(S)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

PRODUCER(S)
Aage Aaberge, Jeremy Thomas

WRITER(S)
Petter Skavlan

DISTRIBUTOR
The Weinstein Company

SYNOPSIS

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans already back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea and settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, they set off on an epic 101 day-long journey across 8,000 kilometers, all while the world was watching. KON-TIKI tells about the origin of Heyerdahl's idea and the events surrounding the group's voyage.