Forty-year-old Andreas finds himself in an strange city in an incomprehensible way. There, it turns out, he has a job, an apartment, even a wife. As he explores the new environment, Andreas realizes that this is his afterlife and that he must escape from it. The film was successfully screened at this year's Cannes International Film Festival (Critics' Week) and won three national awards ("Amanda") for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Male Role, FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Association) presented the film to the European Film Academy. for the award.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Norway, 2006
- Genre
- Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy
- Language
- Norwegian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Jens Lien
- Screenplay
- Per Schreiner
- Producers
- „Tordenfilm“ AS
- Cinematography
- John Christian Rosenlund
- Music
- Christian Schaanning
- Cast
- Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning, Birgitte Larsen, Johannes Joner
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Jens Lien
Jens Lien was born in 1967, completed his studies at the London International Film School with the graduation film Montana. Since then he has garnered attention both in Norway and abroad with the short film Shut the Door and Natural Glasses. In 2003 Jens Lien in Berlin Film Festival premiered his feature debut Jonny Vang. Second feature film The Brothersome Man was selected for Cannes film festival Critics Week and won three national film awards. Both films were presented in Scanorama.
