materie 2004* - Norsk filminstitutt

DRAMA | COLOUR | SCOPE | DOLBY SR•D
DIRECTOR: ERIK POPPE
SCREENPLAY: HARALD ROSENLØW EEG
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN CHRISTIAN ROSENLUND
PRODUCERS: FINN GJERDRUM, STEIN B. KVAE FOR
PARADOX FILMS AS
CAST: PÅL SVERRE VALHEIM HAGEN, ELLEN DORRIT
PEDERSEN, TRINE DYRHOLM, TROND ESPEN SEIM
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR: SCANBOX ENTERTAINMENT
SALES: BAVARIA FILM INTERNATIONAL,
TEL: +49 89 6499 2686,FAX: +49896499 3720
www.bavaria-film-international.de
10 NORWEGIAN FILMS 2008
DE USYNLIGE
THE UNSEEN
How do you find light, joy and purpose in life after the worst imaginable tragedy hits you?
Jan Thomas is released from prison after having served eight years for murder. He is a divinely
gifted organist, and gets a deputyship in a church. Here he meets Anna, a single mother and priest.
As his relationship with Anna becomes stronger, he also develops a close relationship to her son.
One day, Jan Thomas picks up the little boy in the kindergarten. For one short moment, he is distracted,
and suddenly the boy is gone… Agnes is married to Jon. Agnes is a teacher on a school visit
to the church. She recognizes the organist as the young boy who was convicted of the murder of
their son. She decides not to tell her husband about it, and is increasingly drawn towards Jan
Thomas' life and away from her own. The Unseen are two potent stories about people who try to
come to terms with the past – and with their own fate.
The Unseen is the third film in Erik Poppe's trilogy which started with Schpaa,
a story about a gang of criminal boys, and continued with Hawaii, Oslo, five potent
stories about love. Erik has won a number of awards for his first two feature
films, among them several Critics' Awards for Best Film at various international
festivals. Erik was educated as a film photographer at the University College of
Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm.