One of the five nominees for the Best Foreign Film Oscar of 2013.
The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Kon Tiki, from the country of Norway, joins Amour, No, War Witch and A Royal Affair in the 2013 Best Foreign Film Oscar competition.
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