International Competition

This is a way for Cille to be there for her mother. A way they can be together in shared mourning. The two women process their grief at the same time as they clear out his things. When the boxes are opened and a life is reviewed, the story of their love grows forth, and mother and daughter also form renewed and closer bonds. Together they explore new possibilities that can give them hope and a desire for life to continue. Mette’s life changes instantly and irrevocably, when her husband, Per, dies in a tragic accident. To have a reason for being around her mother documentary filmmaker Cille Hannibal, picks up her camera and starts filming. This is the beginning of an unpredictable journey over the course of a year where the relationship between mother and daughter evolves around the one who is missing. Last fall he was alive and now he is dead. I am me, but I am not the same. This is the state of flux and stasis depicted in the film. The film examines how two members of a family deal with the grief and how their relationship is changing.