The Men’s Room

Norway, 2016. A choir of twenty-five middle-aged men are supposed to open for the Black Sabbath concert. They once joked that if one of them died, they would sing together at his funeral. It turns out that Ivar, who has directed the choir for many years, is the first one to go. Despite his cancer diagnosis and worsening condition, he won’t stop preparations for the show. The film tells the story of a shared passion, brusque male friendship and being together in the darkest hour.

selected awards

Krakow Film Festival 2019: Audience Award
Festival de Cannes 2018: screening in the Short Film Corner
College Television Awards 2018: College Emmy for Best Audio/Sound, Best Editor, Best Narrative Film and Best Photography

Credits

Reżyseria

Petter Sommer, Jo Vemud Svendsen

written by

Petter Sommer, Jo Vemud Svendsen

director of photography

Petter Sommer, Jo Vemud Svendsen

music

Martin Horntveth

sound

Christian Schaanning

edited by

Petter Sommer, Jo Vemud Svendsen

casting by

Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen

cast

Knut Akselsen, Nils Andersen, Lars Tefre Baade, Svein Bjørge, Ask Brantenberg Cold, Aslak Dørum, Runar Eggesvik, Ivar Eidem, Sven Erga, Even Finsrud, Espen Fredenlund, Marit Gjervan, Rune Gokstad, Thomas Hagen, Prepple Houmb, Ivar Krogh Hovd, Hasse Lindmo, Mikael Lindqvist, Harald Lunde, Gunnar Martinsen, Ivar Nergaard, Håkon Normann, Jo Raknes, Terje Ranes, Terje Rangnes, Geir Schau, Paal Ritter Schjerven, Øyvind Ørbeck Sørheim, Espen Thoresen, Trond Tornes, Torkil Torsvik, Steinar Vikan

production

Fuglene

producer

Gundmundur Gunnarsson, Kari Anne Moe

co-produced by

Arte/ZDF

executive producer

Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Kari Anne Moe (Fuglene)

production manager

Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Kari Anne Moe

co-financed by

The Norwegian Film Institute, The South Norwegian Film fund, Xtrastiftelsen, The Norwegian Cancer Association, ARTE/ZDF, Fuglene

distributed by

Saejeong Kwak (Wide House)

Obsada

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