Memento Mori

Orig. title: Memento Mori
Genre: Single documentary
DUR: 50 min
Screening format: Digi Beta
Release: 6 December 2008, NRK
Director and Scriptwriter: Mali Finborud Nøren
Producer: Hilde Skofteland
Trailer: Click here to view trailer

In our society, death has become a taboo. People die between clean sheets, removed from the public. Death is a topic we hide from ourselves and others.

MEMENTO MORI – remember that you shall die:
In the film we meet the charismatic 65-year-old Hans Petter, who has terminal cancer and only a short time left to live. These days he is busy using his remaining months and weeks as best he can. Not least, he is doing everything in his power to make arrangements so that his wife, Eva, will be all right after he is gone. But this is not so easy for Eva. She would gladly spend more time with Hans Petter, rather than having him finish all of his projects.

The backdrop for this poetic film is death on a daily basis at Svanholm Funeral Home in Trondheim. Hans Petter comes here to plan his own funeral…

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Eva and Hans Petter Mittet

Hans Petter goes hunting every year

Being out in the nature is important to Hans Petter, even if he is ill.

Eva and Hans Petters dog

The director:

Mali Finborud Nøren was educated at the Documentary Film School in Volda, and has been working as a TV director for seven years. She has ex. g. directed the documentary series “Gul tur” about the band DDE as well as “Fete typer” about the newspaper Verdens Gang, both for TV2, and she has worked several seasons on the reality TV series “71 grader nord”.

Credits:

Director:
Mali Finborud Nøren

Photographers:
Hallgrim Haug – FNF

Nils Petter Lotherington – FNF
Pål Bugge Haagenrud – FNF
Mali Finborud Nøren
Ragnhild Krogvig Karlsen
Kåre Riibe Ramskjell

Editor:
Lisa Ekberg

Original music
Memento Mori:
komponist og produsent
Truls Waagø
Globolyd Studio AS
Ola Lindseth, fiolin og bratsj
Joakim Munkner, cello
Truls Waagø, alle andre instrumenter

Music:
Sunrise
komponist og produsent Jon Lord
Maarweg Studio Köln

Månesky
komponist og produsent Sola Johnsen
Amper tone, tekniker Bård Ingebrigtsen
Mikael Lindqvist, piano
Aslak Dørum, autoharpe
Bård Ingebrigtsen, gitar

Grains og Fume
komponist og produsent Mikael Lindqvist
NRK Tyholt, tekniker Joar Blækkan
Mikael Lindqvist, piano

Animation:
Svein Olav Sandem

Sound editor:
Lydhodene
Haakon Lammetun

Online:
Hocus Focus
Håvard Albertsen

Consultants:
Thomas Robsahm
Jan Toreg
Siv K. Lemika
Hans Eirik Voktor
Christopher Grøndahl

Poems:
Døden
Ragnar Hovland

Strofe med vinden
Inger Hagerup

Til mine barn
Arnulf Øverland

Søvn
Hans Børli

Poems was read by:
Ivar Negaard
Marit A. Andreassen

Special thanks to:
Hans Petter og Eva Mittet

Svanholm begravelsesbyrå
Knut Ivar Svanholm, Carl-Johan Svanholm, Christian Svanholm, Lars Erik Svanholm, Unni Svanholm, Trond Stene, Torbjørn Mostervik, Per Kristiansen, Jørgen Qvenild, Bjørn Gilde, Magnus Gavin Winterbottom, Kjell Endre Borønning og Frank Gulliksen

Alle pårørende som har gitt oss tillatelse til å filme

Thanks to:
Trude Mittet, Roger Hermanstad, Sander og Markus Mittet Hermanstad, Lars Mittet, Ruth Kyvik, Vegard og Sindre Kyvik Mortensen og Rolf Røkke. Bodil Cold-Ravnkilde, Tore Tomter, Erlend Loe, Eva Færevaag, Jenny Westergård, Sola Johnsen, Endre Vestvik, Robert Stengård, Karl Pontus Wesøe, Jo Eldøen, James Stephen Henry, Helle Goldman, Bjørn Nessjø, Line Halvorsen, Ingunn Helene Knudsen, Ola Hunnes, Runa Finborud, Gunnhild Finborud Nøren, Iver Nøren, Robert Sætervik, Dag Rønning, Sven Even Finborud Borgos, Torill Aas, Siri Wieberg Klausen og Åse-Hilde Wieberg Hanssen.

St. Olavs Hospital
Marit Kvikne, Kate Akersveen og Harald Aarset
Kirugisk avdeling, A2
Kreftavdelingens poliklinikk
Kreftforeningen
Frank Hernes, Inger Føyen og Ann Bøhler
Moholt krematorium
Knut Ivar Paulsen
Prest Hermann Nikolai Reimers Massen
Kirkegårdsarbeidere ved Tilfredshet og Moholt kirke.
Alle på Nordstrand-Wang begravelsesbyrå
Twelve for the future
Filmkontakt Nord

Production manager
and head og economy:
Siv K. Lemika

Producer:
Hilde Skofteland
co-produsenter
Norsk Filmfond v/Bodil Cold Ravnkilde
NRK v/Tore Tomter
Fritt Ord
Fond for lyd og bilde
Midtnorsk Filmsenter v/Erlend Loe
Nordisk Film & TV Fond v/Eva Færevåg
YLE v/Jenny Westergård

Skoftelandfilm AS 2008

POSTED 20.12.07