Country: Norway
Year: 2006
Duration: 79'
Geirr has become severely handicapped in a traffic accident. Given his isolation, weapons fixation, self medication and limitless bitterness, his girlfriend Ingvild doesn’t know how to handle him any longer. She therefore invites a municipal positivity group to their home. Consequently, the stage is set for twenty-four intense hours. But in the conversation with other disabled people Geirr keeps on with his negative thinking and gradually he forces everyone through a tunnel of desperation and anguish, before the day dawns and they once again catch sight of light, if only as a faint glimpse of hope. “The film is just a dark comedy about the positive results you can get when you quit the ratrace, stop worrying about being perfect and start following your negative instincts instead.”
Biography
film director
Bård Breien
studied history of literature at the University of Oslo, before his three-year film education in Copenhagen. He has written several educational films and short films, among them Que será, será (2002) by Geir Greni. He made his debut as a director with the short Franks prolaps, which was nominated for an Amanda Award in 2003. Kunsten Å Tenke Negativt is his feature film debut, both as script writer and director.
FILMOGRAFIA
Franks prolaps (cm, 2003), Kunsten Å Tenke Negativt (The Art of Negative
Thinking, 2006).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatuta/director, screenplay Bård Breien
fotografia/director of photography Gaute Gunnari
montaggio/film editor Zaklina Stojcevska
musica/music Stein Berge Svendsen
suono/sound Gisle Tveito
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Marian Saastad Ottesen (Marte), Fridjov Såheim (Geirr), Kirsti Eline Torhaug (Ingvild), Per Schaaning (Asbjørn), Henrik Mestad (Gard), Kari Simonsen (Lillemor), Kjersti Holmen (Tori)
produttore/producer Dag Alveberg
produzione/production Maipo Film & TV Produksjon AS
fotografia/director of photography Gaute Gunnari
montaggio/film editor Zaklina Stojcevska
musica/music Stein Berge Svendsen
suono/sound Gisle Tveito
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Marian Saastad Ottesen (Marte), Fridjov Såheim (Geirr), Kirsti Eline Torhaug (Ingvild), Per Schaaning (Asbjørn), Henrik Mestad (Gard), Kari Simonsen (Lillemor), Kjersti Holmen (Tori)
produttore/producer Dag Alveberg
produzione/production Maipo Film & TV Produksjon AS
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