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Maria (40) strives to balance parenthood and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, frequently travels for work. As the strain of competing needs takes its toll, their marriage begins to unravel. Despite Maria's desperate efforts to salvage their relationship, Sigmund eventually informs her of his desire for a divorce, forcing her to confront her deepest fears. This revelation propels her into a torrent of grief, anger, and unconscious memories from her own past. Maria eventually realizes that part of the key to understanding her situation lies in her relationship with her own mother and her internal self-image. Through a deeper confrontation with her mother, she finally connects with herself in a way she never knew she lacked. When she meets her husband for a conversation, the pain of abandonment is no longer the same.

Critics Reviews

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Guy Lodge Variety 07/17/2024
The film is predominantly a showcase for Guren, leaving nothing on the table as she carries Maria from white-hot toxic rage to desolate self-scrutiny to cathartic weeping in a foetal position. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International 07/17/2024
Superbly acted and sharply written, this impressive feature debut from Lilja Ingolfsdottir casts a perceptive, empathetic eye over the messy business of breaking up. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 07/11/2024
Writer-director Ingolfsdottir reveals a keen insight into human behavior throughout the film, which is littered with memorable moments. Go to Full Review Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) Oct 2
4/5
A dry and unwavering drama about the almost endless difficulties of life as a couple. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/08/2024
B-
A compelling emotional drama about the angst over a marriage separation and the problems that arise from a second marriage coming apart. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 08/01/2024
It’s a very honest movie about how hard it is to build a life with someone, including building a life with yourself. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kourosh E Nov 8 Dont you have enough time or money to go to a therapy session? Ok see this movie instead and enjoy it. It's like a mirror, helps you to know yourself better. The nordic movies these last years have proven that maybe the future of new age movies are come from them. One of the best movies i have ever watched. It has everything a psychological drama should have. I cant recommend this to everyone because it demands some psychologiavl and movie knowledge and sometimes im afraid people can find this heavy. But for those who like these kinds of movies, it is one of the bests. See more Runa R Aug 7 We’re being given a fine lesson in psychology. But raising four children alone, with the husband always absent — no amount of psychology can help anyone with that. See more Mia L Jun 3 A deep touching movie about a woman who stuck in family, relationship and a demanding job but discovered herself through therapy sessions later. Emotional, vivid, powerful, love it! See more naomi g Jan 10 A complex and genuine portrait of a woman, her relationships with men, mother and daughter, psychologically deep and artistically clever using cinema to penetrate psychological dynamics that are so often tragically unconscious. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Director

Helga Guren

Maria

Kyrre Haugen Sydness

Marias ektemann

Oddgeir Thune

Sigmund

Heidi Gjermundsen Broch

Terapaut

Marte Magnusdotter Solem

Marias venninne
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Synopsis Maria (40) strives to balance parenthood and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, frequently travels for work. As the strain of competing needs takes its toll, their marriage begins to unravel. Despite Maria's desperate efforts to salvage their relationship, Sigmund eventually informs her of his desire for a divorce, forcing her to confront her deepest fears. This revelation propels her into a torrent of grief, anger, and unconscious memories from her own past. Maria eventually realizes that part of the key to understanding her situation lies in her relationship with her own mother and her internal self-image. Through a deeper confrontation with her mother, she finally connects with herself in a way she never knew she lacked. When she meets her husband for a conversation, the pain of abandonment is no longer the same.
Director
Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Producer
Thomas Robsahm
Screenwriter
Lilja Ingolfsdottir, Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Production Co
Nordisk Film Production
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Norwegian
Runtime
1h 43m