Norsk filminstitutt

Feature film The Tree Feller
(Hoggeren)


Anders is a 39-year-old man who decides to give up on his ordinary life in the city. He moves to a quiet little farm that belonged to his deceased parents and spends his days out in the forest, aimlessly chopping down trees. Not a woodsman by any means and with no real plan, his only desire is to be out in nature, and to lose himself in the physicalwork. However, his attempt to escape is soon interrupted by the constant involvement of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. Soon it becomes clear that any chance of Anders finding freedom or space is gone, as he realises that he has just traded in one claustrophobic existence for another.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2017
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2017-04-07
Production company:
Mer Film AS
Producer:
Maria Ekerhovd
Sales agent:
Mer Film Sales

Director

  • Jorunn Myklebust Syversen

    Jorunn Myklebust Syversen was born in Gol, Norway, 1978. She graduated from Bergen National Academy of the Arts in 2005  and her work has shown at numerous international festivals, screenings and exhibitions. She lives in Oslo and is working in the field of film and videoart, photography, and installations.

    She made her feature debut in 2017 with The Tree Feller starring Anders Baasmo Christiansen. Disco is her second feature. 

    Complete filmography:
    2019 Disco
    2017 The Tree Feller (Hoggeren)
    2016 Crying Man
    2014 Circus (Cyrk) (short)
    2010 Der Dunkle Mensch (short)
    2009 Violent Sorrow Seems a Modern Ecstasy no. 2

    Jorunn Myklebust Syversen

Cast

Benjamin Helstad
Anders:
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Inger Grethe Syversen
Bjarne Syversen
Terje Syversen

Festivals

2018:
International Film Festival Cinematik Piestany

Crew

Director:
Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
Screenplay:
Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
Cinematographer:
Marte Vold

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
80'
Language:
Norwegian
Subtitles:
English

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