Lily and Max have been married for more than 50 years. Now they live together in a nursing home, where Max has been reliant on professional care since his stroke. Lily has been putting her own needs aside and is desperately longing for excitement and intimacy in her life. When a man known as “the Pilot” moves in next door, Lily is immediately charmed by him and his passion for life. But neither her family nor the other residents at the nursing home are fond of her new acquaintance. Misunderstood by her family and trapped in her life with Max, Lily decides to fight to escape the bars of her invisible prison and claim her freedom.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 31 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2015
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Michael Noer
- Screenplay
- Anders Frithiof August, Michael Noer
- Cinematography
- Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
- Cast
- Ghita Norby, Sven Wollter, Trine Pallesen, Jens Brenaa
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- nominated for Best Nordic Film
- KNF Award, nominated for Big Screen Award
- nominated for Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress.
Director
Michael Noer
Director Michael Noer was born in Denmark in 1978. Graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2003. M. Noer made his feature film debut with the prison drama R (2010), co-directed with Tobias Lindholm. The film won top awards at various festivals. It was also screened at Scanorama. The first collaboration between the two was on the short film Hawaii (2006). Michael as well made several documentaries. In 2013 he presented his second feature Nothwest, which was screened in many festivals around the world, including Scanorama.
