A family of a father, a mother and their son is looking forward to go on vacation. On the way they experience an accident, and their lives are suddenly and unexpectedly turned upside down.
Acting
Fridtjov Såheim's bottled rage is devastating.
Direction
Jordal's restraint makes the silences scream.
Director
Matias Armand Jordal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Matias Armand Jordal's feature debut, shot on a shoestring budget that forced the road-trip structure out of necessity.
The film quietly subverts Nordic 'stiff upper lip' stereotypes by showing how that emotional restraint becomes its own prison.