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When One Door Closes

2017 · 15 min

A gentle, wistful short that drifts through chance meetings and sliding-door possibilities, leaving a quiet ache about paths taken.

Directed by
Hallvar Witzø
Genres
Drama
Starring
Janne Heltberg, Nader Khademi, Hanna Maria Vea Grønneberg
Overview
After Nader and Janne share a tense moment in a bus doorway, this chance encounter transports them into a shared reality. As one door closes behind them, countless others open. Coincidence (or is it fate?) causes their paths to cross a second time, and they step through yet another doorway, into their future. Together, the couple must fight to face both minor challenges and major surprises.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Hallvar Witzø
Genres
Drama
Starring
Janne Heltberg, Nader Khademi, Hanna Maria Vea Grønneberg
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • love
  • memory
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hallvar Witzø
Written by
Nader Khademi, Janne Heltberg
Starring
Janne Heltberg, Nader Khademi, Hanna Maria Vea Grønneberg, Marianne Krogh, Bjørn Hallgeir Myrene, Terje Ranes, Hans Jacob Sand
Music
Jens Fougner
Cinematography
Karl Erik Brøndbo
Runtime
15 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

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