The Experiment
2010 · 96 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 265 VOTES · DIR. Louise Friedberg
Overview
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic children, who have just come home after a year of civilization in Denmark. Now they are to be introduced into the Greenlandic community as role models. Gert, who lives alone and has no family, accepts the assignment with pride. She is idealistic and ambitious and feels passionate about saving Greenland from destitution. The means to this end is to educate and civilize the 16 children in the Danish language and culture, so they can spearhead Greenland's transformation from being a poor hunter society to being an equal part of Denmark. Due to her blind faith in the experiment, Gert underestimates the obvious personal costs to the children. And when the children as well as the Danish state fail her...
Dialogue Timeline — 270 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:47:20 - Gert. - Yes.
00:48:37 Hello, Karen.
00:50:12 Excuse me.
00:51:20 Svendsen says the children are doing poorly in school.
00:52:38 Stand up straight.
00:55:27 "Get up, my rose."
00:57:38 Daniel.
00:58:43 Miss Gertsen.
00:59:32 You think you can create an isolated dream world with you as the mother.
01:00:55 Stand still.
01:02:25 It's unfair she never has to do what we do.
01:03:59 A bee flies from flower to flower. Write "bee".
01:06:03 - I can't hear you. - I copied Marianne.
01:07:05 You're just a measly copycat! What kind of girl are you?
01:09:30 - Hello. - Hello.
01:10:53 They can't hack it.
01:11:49 Sorry, Karen. I didn't see you sitting there.
01:15:37 - we can help their families and give the children a future.
01:17:28 Come in. We're almost done.
01:18:14 - You're covering up this failure? - Shut up!
01:19:05 Please excuse us now, Miss Gertsen.
01:20:51 Stop it.
01:22:51 and there my world extend