- A camera team follow the legendary Norwegian boogie punk rock band Backstreet Girls on tour from big stage arenas to the last concert on the tour in the Swiss village of Muotathal, where everybody wants them back after last years concert.
- Over the past 30 years, fulltime rockers Petter (49) and Bjørn (54) in the legendary Norwegian boogie rock band Backstreet Girls, has kept the dream of World dominance and Rock God status alive, despite minimal - or no - commercial success. A career the band's guitarist and front man Petter, eloquently sums up as "30 years of bullshit!" Backstreet Girls - The Return to Muotathal is a frank, fun & furious glimpse into a brotherhood united in the clichés of Rock 'N' Roll, and their common dream to either reach The Valhalla of Rock, or die trying. Come their anniversary year, the band embarks on a tour that despite the inevitable chaos of life on tour in a Rent-A-Wreck, eventually will take them to the remote Swiss alp village of Muotathal - a self claimed Backstreet Girls stronghold where the 3000 residents are die-hard fans and the village mayor is the president of the local Backstreet Girls fan club. Backstreet Girls - The Return to Muotathal is a feature length documentary about a unique comradery who's common wish to lead different lives - in the name of rock - has led them to an obscure sidetrack distanced from conventional society. However, in our material World, this film is also a reminder that it is perfectly possible to achieve happiness even without the house, the SUV and the Netflix subscription plan.
- Applauded and ridiculed - The Backstreet Girls have worked on the dark side of the established cultural scene and mainstream Norwegian music industry for thirty years. Determined to achieve world dominance and rock godhood, the fated fellowship Backstreet Girls are ushered in an obscure direction where companionship fused with rock cliches and an 'us against the world'-attitude keeps the band together against all odds, and ensure a breakneck speed - towards the abyss. 'Backstreet Girls - Return to Muotathal' deals with their 30 year anniversary in 2014, and follow the band through a year with renewed interest and concerts at home and abroad. The chaotic journey ends in Moutathal, a small village in the Swiss Alps where the Backstreet Girls (according to themselves) are rock gods, and the 3000 inhabitants form a fan club spearheaded by the mayor himself.—Morten Kjolberg
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By what name was Backstreet Girls: Tilbake til Muotathal (2015) officially released in Canada in English?
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