EXCLUSIVE: Eivind Landsvik’s debut feature Low Expectations about a adolescent Norwegian musician struggling with mental health has seen an upti
EXCLUSIVE: Eivind Landsvik’s debut feature Low Expectations about a adolescent Norwegian musician struggling with mental health has seen an uptick in global sales following its world premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight last month.
Paris and Berlin-based sales outfit Salaud Morisset has sold the film to Italy (Wanted Cinema), Portugal (Films4You), Poland (Aurora Films), Hungary (Budapest Film), Switzerland (Anderdog Film), Taiwan (Hooray Films), and Brazil (Imovision).
The film has now inked deals in more than 20 territories including previously announced Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Austria (Polyfilm via Pandora Film Verleih), Spain (Adso Films), Czech Republic (Pilot Film), Greece & Cyprus (Rosebud.21), France (UFO Distribution), and Germany (Pandora Film Verleih).
Negotiations are ongoing for US and UK deals as well as across unsold European and Latin American territories.
Low Expectations marks the feature actin debut of singer-songwriter Marie Ulven, known professionally as Girl in Red. She plays a adolescent music star at the height of her career struggling with the pressures of fame. After an emotional meltdown, she moves back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school as she slowly emerges from her depression and finds her way back to life away from the spotlight.
The film is produced by Lotte Sandbu and Synnøve Hørsdal for Maipo Film, in co-production with Snowglobe. Nordisk Film Distribution will release in Norway on September 11.
Low Expectations emerged as a breakout discovery title at Directors’ Fortnight with Screen calling it “a film of reflection and introspection”, adding: “Landsvik’s low-key approach eventually pays dividends as Maja’s journey from despair to the earliest glimmers of hope feels honestly earned. Marie Ulven is impressive in her screen debut, conveying the sense of someone merely going through the motions of life.”
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