Into Eternity: A Film for the Future

"This hiding place should never be disturbed."

Jan 6 2010 N/A 1h 15m
Documentary

Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock – a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.

Official Trailer
Plot

The subject of "Into Eternity" is Onkalo, the Finnish government's attempt to solve its nuclear waste problem by carving a vast, 4km-deep bunker out of solid rock to bury it in for at least the next 100,000 years. However, the film's focus is bigger. Instead of looking for cover-ups and conspiracies at the site, Madsen uses the existence of Onkalo to create a hauntingly beautiful meditation on the mortality of our civilization, asking the question: what do we say about ourselves when we create something that will outlast everything we understand? That may be the last thing that remains of our society?

Written by

Michael Madsen, Jesper Bergmann

Directed by

Michael Madsen

Cast

Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm, Mikael Jensen, Berit Lundqvist

Crew

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Production Countries

Denmark

Production Companies

Magic Hour Films, Mouka Filmi Oy, Film i Väst, Atmo Media Network

Languages

English, suomi, svenska

Awards

2 wins & 9 nominations

Trailers
Into Eternity - Official trailer
Scores
# of Votes
3,175
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA