In a small Norwegian town the working week comes to an end. Thirty-something Martin has doubts about his life. Embarking on a journey inside his head, he feels the need to be alone in nature. After asking his son about his day and discussing his resolution with his wife, he packs a rucksack and jogs into the mountains. Whether it is an unexpected confrontation with a hunter or an involuntary dip in an icy lake: Martin’s expedition constantly provides him with new ways to confront – in his birthday suit, no less – his anxieties, dreams, neuroses and sexual desires.
“When starting out with one man in the mountains, the idea was to show what nature can do to us humans, and how our thoughts may develop when we are on our own, out in nature. As a contrast I needed to put Martin in a social context, to show that he came from somewhere where his thoughts can occasionally return to. The main theme of the film is the discourse between finding oneself in nature and in social life. It's also about various ways of getting to know a person: in parts of the film we are a fly on the wall, following someone who's unaware of being observed. In other sequences we enter his mind, listening in on his private thoughts.”
(Ole Giæver)
Ole Giæver
Born in 1977 in Tromsø, Norway, Giæver studied at the Nordland College of Art and Film in Kabelvåg and at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Between 2002 and 2007 he made over 260 shorts with Marte Vold.
Marte Vold
Born in 1978 in Tromsø, Norway, Vold studied at the Nordland College of Art and Film in Kabelvåg, the Oslo Film Academy and the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer.
