THE MEN’S ROOM (18+)
Norway, 2018, colour, 75 min.
Directors: Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen
Directors: Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen
«It’s harder to become a member of The Men’s Choir than Hells Angels», say the members – a rowdy party of beer thirsty middle-aged ex-rockers. 15 years ago they promised to sing at each other’s funerals. «Of course, it will be awkward for the second last one of us alive», they joked. But now the joke has become a reality. Their beloved conductor, Ivar, has been diagnosed with cancer and has just 3 months left to live. But he refuses to die before their biggest gig ever: Warming up for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne on Midsummer’s Eve in front of 10000 people.
AWARDS
Moscow International Film Festival – Best Film of the Documentary Competition
Petter Sommer
Petter Sommer
was born in 1975. Double laureate of Gullruten Prize in Norway. He works as a journalist at NRK and has also sound designed and mixed many Norwegian documentary films.
FILMOGRAPHY
When Dad Kills, 2013; Operation Conspiracy, 2014; The Men’s Choir, 2018.
Jo Vemund Svendsen
Jo Vemund Svendsen
was born in 1988. Director and screenwriter and journalist. He worked for two years as a news correspondent for P4 Radio in New York City, USA.
FILMOGRAPHY
Online Celebrities, 2016; When Children Become Pop Stars, 2017; The Men’s Room, 2018.
Norway, 2018, colour, 75 min.
Directors: Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen
Directors: Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen
«It’s harder to become a member of The Men’s Choir than Hells Angels», say the members – a rowdy party of beer thirsty middle-aged ex-rockers. 15 years ago they promised to sing at each other’s funerals. «Of course, it will be awkward for the second last one of us alive», they joked. But now the joke has become a reality. Their beloved conductor, Ivar, has been diagnosed with cancer and has just 3 months left to live. But he refuses to die before their biggest gig ever: Warming up for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne on Midsummer’s Eve in front of 10000 people.
AWARDS
Moscow International Film Festival – Best Film of the Documentary Competition