Best of The Fests

HANDLE WITH CARE
HJERTESTART

• Director: Arild Andresen
• NORWAY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 102´ / English, Norwegian, Spanish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Hilde Susan Jægtnes, Jorge Camacho, Arild Andresen
• Director of Photography: David Katznelson
• Editing: Vidar Flataukan
• Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Marlon Moreno, Kristoffer Bech, Patricia Castañeda, Amalia Santamaria
• Producer: Hans-Jørgen Osnes
• Production Co.: Motlys
• World Sales: Playtime
• Turkish Rights: Filmartı

- 2017 AMANDA AWARDS (NORWAY) Best Actor (K. Joner)

Kjetil is an offshore oil worker, who has a hard time dealing with his adopted son after his wife’s death. Desperate, he takes the boy to Colombia to find out about his biological mother. Norwegian director Arild Andresen builds his narrative around loneliness as he focuses on the relationship between a traumatised father and a son. Anchored by a note perfect performance by Kristoffer Joner, Handle with Care is a striking drama about the “distance” between a father and son.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.