Finale

Marlene Lyngstad / Denmark / 2024 / International Premiere / 21 min.

synopsis

The moments immediately following a person's death are among the most intimate, accompanied by a sense of loneliness and emotional turmoil. The already soulless body is transported to the morgue in the hospital. The chapel is ready for the final farewell. The pallbearers arrive. Family members survey the preparations. The parish priest prepares his eulogy. Behind the imaginary curtain of secrecy, the film director lets us peek through an imitation voyeur's peephole placed in front of the camera lens. What is for one the finale of a life’s journey may be for another a sequence of repeated actions with no discernible end in sight.

“I like to explore things that feel ambivalent, subjects that challenge my own moral codes and references, and trigger an almost physical reaction.”

Source: https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/2023-nordic-talents-to-watch

biography

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad (1997) is a Norwegian filmmaker based in Denmark who likes to combine fiction and documentary in her work and is interested in the issue of the human body in modern society. She graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with Norwegian Offspring (2023), which won an award at Cannes.