Name: Below
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2022-08-21
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Maria Austgulen, Mari Hauge Einbu, Isabel Bråthen, Janne Kokkin

Your best friend dies, you're paralyzed, and somehow it's... funny? Norwegian chaos ensues.

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Pitch-black comedyCrippingly honestNordic nihilism

Latest Episode

8.034 min

Season 1 • Episode 6

Latest

Tramp Stamp

Aug 21, 2022

Mom wants a party, so she gathers everyone for a party.

Overview

Comedy Drama

A young woman whose life is turned upside down by a traffic accident that kills her best friend and leaves her paralyzed from the waist down.

NO Norwegian

Content warning

woman director norway

Survivor's guiltDisability and identityFemale friendshipRebuilding after trauma

Standout Aspects

Acting

Maria Austgulen's raw, unsentimental lead performance.

Writing

Tina Rygh's refusal to sanitize disability or grief.

Direction

Intimate handheld camerawork that refuses to look away.

Best for:Solo·Binge·Friends

Heads up:Emotional·Triggers

Creator

Tina Rygh

First AiredAug 21, 2022

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes6

Top Cast

Maria Austgulen

Fanny

Mari Hauge Einbu

Fam

Isabel Bråthen

Jill

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of a wave of 'Nordic mumblecore' TV—low-budget, hyper-naturalistic, emotionally brutal. Think 'Skam' for broken adults.

Insight

Rygh cast multiple disabled actors in supporting roles but specifically wanted a non-disabled lead to capture Fanny's pre-accident physicality in flashbacks—a choice that sparked debate in Norwegian disability communities.