Credits
Director Sigurd Bleken
Writer Sigurd Bleken
Producer Jonas Bruun & Louise Beyer
Project Type Short, Drama
Runtime 14 minutes 46 seconds
Country of Origin Norway
Synopsis
Everything goes to hell for a single mom working as a cleaner, when she takes an extra shift to afford a special present for her son on his 14th birthday. We witness 24 hours of her life, trying to hold the scattered pieces together, while trying to mend the relationship to her son, a relationship that has been broken by her absence.
A film about the consequences of rising poverty and poverty related shame in one of the world’s richest countries.
Director Biography
Sigurd Bleken
Sigurd Bleken (b.1993) is a Danish-Norwegian film director who grew up in Copenhagen, but lives in Oslo. He graduated as a director from the Norwegian Film School in 2022. Before film school, he studied film at the folk high school, Copenhagen Film & Photography School, and attended at a four-week directing course at MET Film School, Berlin. In between he studied Theology at the University of Copenhagen. He is currently in early development with two feature films, one of which will be his debut.
