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Self Portrait

2020 · 80 min

A quiet, intimate and often painful look at art made from suffering, leaving you moved and unsettled long after it ends.

Directed by
Margreth Olin, Katja Høgset
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Torill Fossen, Geir Fossen, Morten Krogvold
Overview
The documentary is a portrait of an artist and a portrait of a deadly disease. Lene Marie Fossen was a gifted photographer who suffered from severe anorexia. Self Portrait is a film about the power of art and survival, but it also raises important questions about what treatment one who suffers from severe anorexia needs.

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Directed by
Margreth Olin, Katja Høgset
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Torill Fossen, Geir Fossen, Morten Krogvold
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • addiction
  • survival
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
Espen Wallin, Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin
Starring
Torill Fossen, Geir Fossen, Morten Krogvold, Susanne Sundfør
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
80 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, Greek, English, Arabic

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