Series

Only a small percentage make it from talented youth player to professional footballer. Young Elias gets the unique opportunity and is soon at risk of being torn apart between hope, fear of failure and moral boundaries.

Last year it was the Danish "Boys" and the inspiring Norwegian rapdramedy "I Am Earth," now Scandinavia and especially the bustling Norwegian public service television in the shape of NRK are showing how well they really understand young people here.  "Beast" is a gripping coming-of-age drama from the very first minute about the young soccer player Elias, who is offered a unique opportunity for a professional career. In order to show that he has what it takes, he has to prove among his peers that team spirit and assertiveness are not mutually exclusive for him. Between teenage worries, relentless competition and moral limits, he experiences the hard way how high the price for success really is. "Beast" inspires not only as a powerful and incredibly well-acted coming-of-age drama, the Norwegian production also recommends itself as fantastic series about Fu©¨ball away from the otherwise usual rags-to-riches clichés.