Two women, one café, and a waiter who won't let them ignore the elephant in the room.
Ida and Kaja meets at a café to share their trivial frustrations concerning relationships, tattoos and life itself. Now and then, the conversation is interrupted by their strange waiter.
Acting
Økland and Hov's excruciatingly perfect small talk.
Direction
Smith's surgical control of café space and silence.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes the mundane.
Director
Tobias Klemeyer Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The single-location structure deliberately traps viewer and characters in the same denial bubble, making the café feel increasingly claustrophobic.
Part of a wave of Norwegian micro-budget dramas using humor to excavate emotional repression — think Joachim Trier's lighter cousin with sharper teeth.
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