Short film
Before You Hit the Ground
2006 · 26 min
A haunting, dreamlike short that blurs reality and nightmare, drawing you into a quiet meditation on loss and the dangerous pull of the unknown.
- Directed by
- Magnus Holmgren
- Starring
- Tove Edfeldt, Emil Johnsen, Liv Mjönes
- Tagline
- If you die in a dream - will you wake up to tell the story?
- Overview
- It is supposed to be impossible to die in a dream. The common belief is that one always wake up before it happens. But, what if you can learn to control your dreams? Aston, who is haunted by his dead girlfriend, believes that if he manages to die in a dream, he will be able to see his girlfriend again and get a sneak peak of what is waiting in the afterlife. He discovers he can't attempt this dangerous task on his own. He meets Siri who is also willing to tempt death and becomes his accomplice.
- How it feels
- Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, death, obsession, identity
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Magnus Holmgren
- Starring
- Tove Edfeldt, Emil Johnsen, Liv Mjönes
