A psychic who finds everyone but his own family. Clock's ticking.
Steen is a clairvoyant psychic who has dedicated his life to his work. He has helped many families finding their missing loved ones, but he is estranged from his own adult son. His grandson’s birthday is coming up, a last possibility of reconciliation. Nothing must go wrong. But on his way there, he is approached by a desperate woman whose son has gone missing. She seeks out Steen as her last resort.
Acting
Stig Hoffmeyer's weathered, wordless devastation
Direction
Reuther's restraint—no cheap supernatural thrills
Cinematography
Bleak Danish landscapes as emotional mirror
Director
Mads Reuther
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Denmark's 'New Realism' wave—genre elements treated with documentary restraint, no Hollywood gloss on psychic phenomena.
Hoffmeyer reportedly based his performance on his own distant relationship with his father; that birthday gift scene was improvised.
DK
