Eleven people, isolated from the outside world, communicate via screens. A son wants to hold the hand of his suffering mother. Love grows. A mother has abandoned her family. A therapist finds himself at the edge of ruin. A daughter connects with her parents.
Acting
Marie Göranzon's final scene — devastating stillness.
Direction
Bornebusch shot this during actual lockdown. Real tension, real fatigue.
Writing
Therapist subplot destroys the 'helping professional' trope beautifully.
Director
Josephine Bornebusch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bornebusch wrote and shot this in three weeks during Sweden's 2020 lockdown, using her actual apartment.
The title references the orca's matriarchal social structure — mothers who never abandon their young, unlike Solveig.
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