BLIND SPOT

Film Info

Norway 2019 | 98 min. Director: Tuva Novotny

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BLIND SPOT

Synopsis

BLIND SPOT tells the story of a mother who struggles to come to terms with her daughter’s mental illness, revealed to be far worse than she had realised.

Cast & Crew

Director

Tuva Novotny
Producer

Elisabeth Kvithyll
Screenwriter

Tuva Novotny
Director of photography

Jonas Alarik
Main Cast

Pia Tjelta (Maria), Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Anders), Oddgeir Thune (Martin)
Sound

Peter Albrechtsen
Original Score

Jacob Kirkegaard
Production Design

Nina Bjerch Andresen
Specialeffects Supervisor

Henry Cummings
Costume Design

Nina Bjerch Andresen
Makeup

Aase Lund Mathisen

Director's comment

I wrote the script when I experienced a culture of silence around the subject of mental illness among young people.
Reading about several cases of very young suicidal cases in Norway, I experienced a lack of openness and discussion about mental disorders, both in home environments and in the public debate. I also discovered that the conducted conversations often were characterised by guilt and cause, rather than acceptance and openness.

Biography

Tuva Novotny is an internationally acclaimed actress, who has received several awards for her acting performances, amongst others the Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018 she starred in the Netflix sci-fi thriller ANNIHILATION alongside Natalie Portman in and BORG McENROE with Shia LaBeouf and Stellan Skarsgård. BLIND SPOT was the first time Tuva Novotny took on directing a feature film. The year after she completed her second feature film BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE (2019).

Filmography:
2019 – BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE
2018 – BLIND SPOT
2010-2015 – DAG, tv series, 4 episodes
2014 – LILYHAMMER, tv series, 1 episode