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Into Eternity: A Film for the Future

Into Eternity: A Film for the Future

This hiding place should never be disturbed.

20107.21h 15m

Overview

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.

Directed by Michael Madsen
Written by Jesper Bergman, Michael Madsen
Box OfficeBudget: $900K0

Top Cast

C

Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm

Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen

W

Wendla Paile

E

Esko Roukola

M

Mikael Jensen

B

Berit Lundqvist

Themes & Keywords

energyenvironmentnuclear storage

About Into Eternity: A Film for the Future

Into Eternity: A Film for the Future is a documentary film released in 2010 exploring themes of energy, environment, nuclear storage. Directed by Michael Madsen, it stars Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm, Michael Madsen, Wendla Paile. 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.

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