Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Release Date:  8/6/1999
Country of Release:  Norway
Length:  113 minutes
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Medium:  Video
Genre:  DRA FAN HIS
Release Message:  Alberto Knox takes Sofie, an ordinary Norwegian girl, on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and up to today.
Description:  Sofie is an ordinary Norwegian girl. One day she receives a video tape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They then start to meet at different occasions and throughout the film, Alberto takes Sofie on an odyssey of the history of philosophy, from ancient Greece, over the Roman empire, the Middle ages, the renaissance, the enlightenment, the big revolutions and up to today. Throughout this journey, they start to realize that they are only fictions of a story writer's imagination and start conceiving a plan for escaping into reality.