Kalliope
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
I think this has been mentioned before on the forum, but deserves its own thread.
The film is written and interacted by Martin Strange-Hansen who received an Oscar for another short film (On My Mind) in 2022.
Lead actor is Hjalte Ilsøe Gustavussen, who has a sister with severe ME.
In the film he plays a locksmith who finds himself in a situation where authorities have decided to remove a severe ME patient from her home, despite desperate protests from her and her family. Does he choose to do his job and help the authorities to enter the house or is that not the right action?
The health news site Sundhedspolitisk Tidsskrift has an article about the film including an interview with the actor Hjalte Ilsøe Gustavussen.
Quote (automatic translated):
The events in the film are a threat that, according to the actor, hangs over the heads of ME patients and their families. The conflict typically arises when the consequences of the disease are interpreted by authorities and the wider world as neglect or as something that the family unwittingly contributes to in their dealings with, especially the severely affected ME patients.
Sundhedspolitisk Tidsskrift Hjaltes søster lever i et mørklagt rum: Nu spiller han familiens egen frygt i Oscar-vinders nye film
google translation:
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The film is written and interacted by Martin Strange-Hansen who received an Oscar for another short film (On My Mind) in 2022.
Lead actor is Hjalte Ilsøe Gustavussen, who has a sister with severe ME.
In the film he plays a locksmith who finds himself in a situation where authorities have decided to remove a severe ME patient from her home, despite desperate protests from her and her family. Does he choose to do his job and help the authorities to enter the house or is that not the right action?
The health news site Sundhedspolitisk Tidsskrift has an article about the film including an interview with the actor Hjalte Ilsøe Gustavussen.
Quote (automatic translated):
The events in the film are a threat that, according to the actor, hangs over the heads of ME patients and their families. The conflict typically arises when the consequences of the disease are interpreted by authorities and the wider world as neglect or as something that the family unwittingly contributes to in their dealings with, especially the severely affected ME patients.
Sundhedspolitisk Tidsskrift Hjaltes søster lever i et mørklagt rum: Nu spiller han familiens egen frygt i Oscar-vinders nye film
google translation:
Hjaltes søster lever i et mørklagt rum: Nu spiller han familiens egen frygt i Oscar-vinders nye film
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