What is a \u201csuccessful adult life\u201d? Swedish filmmaker Ekberg reflects on this question, taking viewers into the streets of his hometown, drenching them black-and-white and infusing them with the humour of the Coen brothers. Screened in the Berlinale\u2019s Forum<\/b> section, this string of little anti-capitalist adventures centres not on some loser, but on a man who resists the pressure to organise his life around productivity.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an election. It\u2019s the same as always,\u201d says diabolo performer Alf. He is forty years old, lives with his mother Monika, he spends his days like a fl\u00e2neur wandering the streets of Norrk\u00f6ping, a city in eastern Sweden. Mother urges her son to find a \u201creal job\u201d and become independent, but Alf seems disinterested in conforming to the conventional model of adult life. The mother-son relationship moves between the mundane, the absurd and moments of humour, set against a growing need for both to let each other go. When Alf finally gets the chance to go on a Eurotrip, his mother is faced with the question of what it really means to let your child become independent.<\/p>\n
Cinema that brings back freedom \u2013 shot on 16mm and bubbling with a vibrant soundtrack, this dramedy takes surprising, improvised and atmospheric cinematic detours. The film\u2019s title refers to Doggerland, a once-populated area now submerged beneath the southern North Sea. For Ekberg, this image becomes a metaphor for Norrk\u00f6ping \u2013 a place whose former cultural life and industrial identity are gradually sinking into oblivion. The director works primarily with non-professional actors, allowing their characters to emerge from their own personalities and life experiences. This Swedish small-town version of Inside Llewyn Davis<\/i> (2013) features non-professional actors Jon and Anita Holm, who are mother and son in real life. 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