Homesick

Set in Oslo, 27-year-old Charlotte (vibrant newcomer Ine Wilmann) is a children’s dance-teacher with an outwardly cheerful and lively disposition. This faÇade belies her deep-seated insecurities, stemming from a self-absorbed and defensive mother who refuses to address the past. Despite her inner turmoil, she finds happiness with her best friend Marte’s family. But when her estranged half-brother Henrik (Simon J. Berger, Home, Scandi FF 2015) materialises unexpectedly in her life, any balance Charlotte has gained for herself is thrown into disarray with ruinous consequences. Director Anne Sewitsky (winner of Sundance’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in 2011 for her debut feature, Happy, Happy) returns with this intimate portrayal of one woman desperately trying to rewrite past emotional injuries.