Everything Must Go
In this melancholic dramedy, siblings clear out the house of their deceased composer father.
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One summer’s morning, the piano of the father, a composer, sounds for the last time. Suddenly, the house is no longer anyone’s home, and its things turn from useful objects into trash. The siblings Ellen, Amund and Carl Olav are faced with the epic feat of emptying the house: the house is their childhood home, and the rooms are haunted with bitter family relationships, career goals gone to shambles,, and sibling rivalry. While going through the belongings of their late father, these siblings need to face themselves: how did I become the person I am today?
The film, written by Arild Østin Ommundsen and Silje Salomonsen, sharply depicts sibling relationships and the pains of growing up. Its centre is the house, slowly emptied of things, whose walls vibrate in the soft late summer light with voices from the past. The things left behind by the father bring back both wistful and absurdly funny memories. For a moment, the siblings return to the summer days of their childhood, of hanging out and mucking about.
They remember their father fondly, but they realise that the things left behind do not reveal anything new about him – instead they rather make him all the more complex. The question remains: what kind of memory and traces do we leave behind in the world?
Mirkka Maikola (translated by Charlotte Elo)
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