2023 / Danemark / Fiction / 44′

Directed by Marlene Emilie Lyngstad

Synopsis

A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.

Biography

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad (b. 1997) is a Norwegian director and screenwriter living in Denmark. She graduated as a director from the National Film School of Denmark with Norwegian Offspring, which has won awards at Cannes film festival and Nordic Panorama. In her work she tries to evoke a conflicting mixture of empathy, disgust, humor and melancholy.

TECHNICAL SHEET

Script  Marlene Emilie Lyngstad, Emilie Koefoed Larsen

Cinematographer  Thomas Dyrholm

Sound  Emil Salling

Cast  Jan Gunnar Røise

Music  Josefine Skov

Sets  Sara Helene Tilgaard Rasmussen

Production  The National Film School of Denmarl : Carl Osbæck Adelkilde