Stargate: A Christmas Story

Christmas is approaching, so Ronja and Melissa step in to cover for their father as he is intoxicated at the neighborhood bar. The story of Star Gate is based on the Ingvild Rishøi novel and is dark, yet cheerful, warm, and enchanting. It is December, Christmas is approaching, and ten-year-old Ronja is on her way home from school. In her hand, she has a piece of paper with a phone number that she thinks can make Christmas good this year. Ronja lives at Tøyen in Oslo with her father and older sister Melissa. The holidays are just around the corner and dad is out of work, again. When Ronja helps him get a job as a Christmas tree seller in the market square, his luck seems to have turned. In a brief moment, the fridge is full and their loving papa smells like spruce bars instead of beer. But as soon as he gets money in his hands, the temptations lurking at the local Stargate pub become too great. And once again the girls are forced to fend for themselves. Ronja is a dreamer, like her father, and uses her vivid imagination as both a shield and an escape. Most of all, she fantasizes about living with her sister in a cabin deep in the forest. Stargate - A Christmas Story is a warm story about a father who does his best but not enough, an older sister who tries to fill his shoes, and a little sister who never stops hoping. —PT