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Figures in a Landscape

Still from Helen by Desperate Optimists
Helen

I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP
Alex Fitch talks to the directors of two new films that take as their starting point a character walking through a landscape and twist it into unexpected directions. Bent Hamer is the director of the gentle Norwegian comedy O’Horten, which tells the tale of a recently retired train driver who gets embroiled in a series of misadventures of the kind Victor Meldrew would be proud of – including having to wear red stilettos after losing his shoes in a locker room and ending up in a car driven by a blind man. Alex Fitch also talks to Christine Molloy, one half of the filmmaking duo Desperate Optimists, about their debut feature Helen, which concerns a young woman who helps the police with their inquiry into a girl’s disappearance and starts identifying with her.

Helen is released in selected UK cinemas on May 1
O’Horten is released in selected UK cinemas on May 8

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audioListen to the podcast of Alex Fitch’s interviews with Bent Hamer and Christine Molloy.

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Links:
Desperate Optimists‘ official website for info on Helen
Artificial Eye‘s official website for info about O’Horten
Listen to Alex Fitch’s interview with Joe Lawlor, the other half of Desperate Optimists about their series of short films – Civic Life