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What happens with love when a woman in the middle of her life gets three months left to live? Anja (43) lives with Tomas (59) in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For years, the couple have grown independent of each other. When Anja gets a terminal brain cancer diagnosis the day before Christmas, the couple are thrown into a crash course in mutual trust. By getting to know each other anew, they unconsciously become the principal characters in their own love story.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2019
Release date (national):
2019-11-22
Release date (international):
2019-09-06
Production company:
Motlys A/S
Co production company:
Zentropa International Sweden AB
Producer:
Thomas Robsahm
Yngve Sæther
Line producer:
Jeanette Sundby
Sales agent:
TrustNordisk ApS

Director

  • Maria Sødahl

    Maria Sødahl (b. 1965) made her first short film, Life is Hard and Then you Die, in 1989, following which she attended the Danish National Film School's directing-programme, graduating in 1993. In the following year she has written and directed several TV-dramas, documentaries and short films, and has been the recipient of multiple national and international awards for her work, such as The Grand Prix at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in 1993 for the short Bulldozer, and The Special Price of the Jury at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 1995, for the short Sara. In addition to the aforementioned films her work also include notable productions like Wrath (2000, as part of the portmanteau film The Seven Deadly Sins) and the documentary Lottery Dreams (a.k.a. Den skandinaviske drømmen) from 2001.

    She made her debut as a feature film director with the critically acclaimed drama Limbo in 2010, which she also wrote the original screenplay for. The film was widely hailed by critics, and even garnered her the Best Director award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival.

    Maria Sødahl

Cast

Andrea Bræin Hovig
Stellan Skarsgård

Awards

2020:
Berlin International Film Festival
Europa Cinemas Label
2020:
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Grand Prize for Best Feature
2020:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
Honourable Mention

Festivals

2019:
Toronto International Film Festival
2020:
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2020:
Berlin International Film Festival
2020:
Cleveland International Film Festival
2020:
Brussels International Film Festival
2020:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2020:
Athens International Film Festival
2020:
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
2020:
Riga International Film Festival
2020:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2020:
Havana International Film Festival
2020:
Les Arcs European Film Festival
2021:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Maria Sødahl
Screenplay:
Maria Sødahl
Cinematographer:
Manuel Claro Alberto
ProductionDesigner:
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen
Sound Design:
Gisle Tveito
Editor:
Christian Siebenhertz
Costume Designer:
Ellen Dæhli Ystehede
Casting:
Celine Engebregtsen
First assistant director:
Dominique Delany

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Length in min's:
125'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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