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
Death has become a taboo in our society. People die between clean sheets, removed from the public. Death is a topic we hide from ourselves and others.
MEMENTO MORI – remember 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 taken care of 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 at Svanholm Funeral Home in Trondheim, where death is experienced on a daily basis. Hans Petter comes here to plan his own funeral.
Contact at Skofteland film AS:
Hilde SkoftelandExecutive producer
Phone +47 23691223/ + 47 90775786
E-mail: hilde@skoftelandfilm.no
Eva and Hans Petter Mittet
Hans Petter loves hunting
Being in nature is important to Hans Petter, even if he is ill.
Eva and Hans Petter’s 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. Among her films are the documentary series “Gul tur” about the rock band DDE, as well as “Fete typer” about the newspaper room at Verdens Gang, Norway. Both series have broadcast on TV2, Norway. Mali has also worked for 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:
Composer and producer
Truls Waagø
Globolyd Studio AS
Ola Lindseth, violin and viola
Joakim Munkner, cello
Truls Waagø, all other instruments
Music:
Sunrise
Composer and producer Jon Lord
Maarweg Studio Köln
Månesky
Composer and producer Sola Johnsen
Amper tone, technician Bård Ingebrigtsen
Mikael Lindqvist, piano
Aslak Dørum, autoharp
Bård Ingebrigtsen, guitar
Grains og Fume
Composer and producer Mikael Lindqvist
NRK Tyholt, technician 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 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 of 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