14 minutes. One call. A friendship drowning in silence.
A young police officer is called to stop the party of an old friend in rural Norway, only to find drugs in the kids bedroom. A break-up story between friends.
Acting
Førlie and Berge's loaded silences speak paragraphs
Direction
Grimeland stretches 14 minutes into eternity
Cinematography
Bleak Norwegian winter as emotional landscape
Director
Jonas Grimeland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jonas Grimeland trained as a police officer before film school, lending authentic procedural detail to the protocol vs instinct tension.
The film captures 'Janteloven' — Scandinavia's unspoken social law against standing out — as Mads suppresses every impulse to help his friend.
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