For politicians, does a “no comment” in reaction to difficult questions about actual or even potential scandals keep you safe or actually land you in just the hot water you are trying to avoid? Just ask the conservative former Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who led the government 2013-2021 and faced political and media pressure because of stock trading by her husband, whom critics suspected of benefitting from inside information.

No Comment , the new film from director Petter Næss ( Elling , Gone With the Woman ) and screenwriter Ståle Stein Berg ( Two Lives , Occupied ), is loosely based on the case and imagines what’s going on behind the closed doors of political power players. Laila Goody and Pia Tjelta star in the movie, whose ensemble cast also includes Anders Baasmo

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