Norwegian Offspring
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad
A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.
With : Jan Gunnar Røise, Ibbi El Hani, Jannik Bernhard Tengberg, Mill Betina Jober, Frejdige Freja
Screenplay : Marlene Emilie Lyngstad, Emilie Koefoed Larsen
Image : Thomas Dyrholm
Sound : Emil Salling
Editing : Ania de Sá
Music : Josefine Skov
Screenplay : Marlene Emilie Lyngstad, Emilie Koefoed Larsen
Image : Thomas Dyrholm
Sound : Emil Salling
Editing : Ania de Sá
Music : Josefine Skov
Production : National Film School of Denmark
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad (born 1997) is a Norwegian director and scriptwriter living in Denmark. She graduated as a director from the National Film School of Denmark with the film Norwegian Offspring, which has won awards at Cannes Film Festival and Nordic Panorama. In her work she tries to evoke a conflicting mixture of empathy, disgust, humor and melancholy. She has acknowledged she's an insignificant part of a larger incomprehensible plot, and is trying to deal with it by laughing and crying with seamless transitions.