Me, me and only me.
Signe and Thomas are a young couple and they both want to be interesting and wanted. The problem begins when Thomas reaches a breakthrough as an artist and is going to have an exhibition in a prestigious gallery. Signe struggles to accept his success and that’s when she decides to fight to get her status back. She’s willing to resort to extreme measures to draw attention back to herself, even if it means jeopardazing her health…
In this dark comedy, director Kristoffer Borgli thematizes the narcissistic features of contemporary society, toxic relationships and the almost absurd human need for recognition.
As part of the #ReadNordicFilm series, we invite you to watch the Norwegian “unromantic” comedy
SICK OF MYSELF (Syk pike, Norway, 2022, 95 min)
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Writer: Kristoffer Borgli
Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Anders Danielsen Lie, Henrik Mestad, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Seda Witt, Sarah Francesca Brænne and more
IMDb movie site (7.1 stars)
Actress Kristine Kujath Thorp, who portrays Signe, recently starred alongside Mads Mikkelsen in a Danish historical film Bastard or even before that in a comedy Ninjababy, which we screened last year. For her role in Borgli’s film she got nominated for an Amanda award in the Best Actress category.
Director Kristoffer Borgli is one of the strongest voices in the contemporary Norwegian film. His debut, a fictional documentary about marketing an energy drink called DRIB, came out in 2017; Sick of Myself is his second feature film and he won an Amanda award for it in the Best Screenplay category. In 2023, Borgli made his Amercian debut with a drama Dream Scenario with Nicolas Cage in the leading role.
The screening will be preceeded by an introduction on nordic literary satire.
Norwegian audio with Czech subtitles (English subtitles will be available for the Prague screening, as well).
DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE SCREENINGS:
10. 9. 19:00 PRAGUE, Edison Filmhub (Jeruzalémská 1321/2)
- introduction by Jitka Jindřišková
- ticket price: 175 Kč; online on edisonfilmhub.cz
10. 9. 20:00 BRNO, Kino Art (Cihlářská 19)
- introduction by Barbara Gregorová
- ticket price: 140 Kč (120 Kč for Scandinavian House members); online on kinoart.cz
#ReadNordicFilm
Book adaptations and biographies of literary figures are very popular among Scandinavian filmmakers. A new series shows, among other things, how filmmakers approach these challenges. Screenings take place roughly every other month at the Edison Filmhub in Prague and several times a year also at the Art Cinema (Kino Art) in Brno, or in a virtual cinema. Through lecturers’ introductions, we present not only the film itself and its authors, but also the related book titles and place them in the context of Nordic literature and national cinema. In addition to highlighting books available in Czech, we also introduce the public to works that have not (yet) been translated.
The event is organised by the Scandinavian House in cooperation with Edison Filmhub and Kino Art, distributional company Film Europe and with financial support of Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, Statutory City Brno, and the Norwegian embassy in Prague.
Pictures – source: Film Europe
