A shy woman breaks into the perfect home and finds a man who's lost himself in his stuff.
A story about Hannah (Anna Åström), a young woman who is very shy on the outside, but whose inner world is deep, exciting and vibrant. One day, Hannah notices a house that looks as if it is cut out from a hip home decorating magazine. Intrigued, she decides to break in and try to find out who owns this emotionless beautiful home equipped with high-end technology. While at first Hannah enjoys the luxury, she starts to notice on each visit that Max (Stipe Erceg), the owner of the house, is excessively obsessed with his physical possessions. He has spent a lot of time to make sure that everything external meets the society’s standards that he has forgotten himself. The things that he himself likes, the activities that make him smile, and the people who make him happy. Having realised that, Hannah starts leaving hints for Max, so as to shake him out of the the everyday emptiness and make him focus on what is important.
Cinematography
That sterile magazine-home aesthetic is genuinely gorgeous and suffocating.
Acting
Åström's internal life vs blank exterior is masterfully restrained.
Director
Tereza Kotyk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kotyk uses the 'Nordic noir' visual language of emptiness but subverts it—here the clean lines represent spiritual death, not mystery.
Anna Åström was Kotyk's only choice for Hannah; they developed the character's physicality over coffee shop rehearsals where Åström wasn't allowed to speak.
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