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Low Expectations

2026 · 105 min

A quiet, tender return-to-self story that moves at a gentle pace, finding warmth in ordinary kindness while sitting with the ache of burnout and lost direction.

Directed by
Eivind Landsvik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Ulven, Anders Danielsen Lie, Tone Beate Mostraum
Overview
At the height of her music career, Maja falls apart and has to step away from her ambitions. Depressed and broke, she moves back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school. Far from the spotlight, wrapped in everyday kindness, she slowly finds her way back to life.

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Directed by
Eivind Landsvik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Ulven, Anders Danielsen Lie, Tone Beate Mostraum
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • healing
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • ambition
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eivind Landsvik
Written by
Eivind Landsvik
Starring
Marie Ulven, Anders Danielsen Lie, Tone Beate Mostraum, Embla Berntsen, Snorre Kind Monsson, Clara Dessau, Helene Bjørneby, Emma Ylvisåker
Music
Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, Frederikke Hoffmeier
Cinematography
Andreas Bjørseth
Runtime
105 min
Country
Denmark, Norway
Languages
Danish, Norwegian

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