SING ME TO SLEEP

A picturesque village surrounded by fjords near Bergen, Norway. Robert, a 40-year-old postal worker, gives up work to spend time by the bed of his mother diagnosed with terminal cancer. She has only one wish before dying: she wants to know that her only son is not alone in the world. The man lies to please her ensuring that he is already dating a girl. The film is an adaptation of a short story by a renowned Norwegian writer Frode Grytten.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2010

Director: Magnus Arnesen

Script: Magnus Arnesen

DOP: Magnus Borge

Music: Bartosz Straburzyński

Editing: Bogusława Furga

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

About the director:

Magnus Arnesen

Magnus Arnesen

Was born in 1981 in Oslo. As a student at Polish National School of Film, Television and Theater in Łódź he made the following short films: Orpheus; Hunting Season (both in 2005), A Woman Who Comes In At 6 (2006) and a documentary Four Matrimonial Offers (2007).

At festivals:

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - Market Screenings, France, 2011 (screening)

4th Early Melons - International Student Film Festival, Slovakia, 2011 (competition)

19th ARCIPELAGO - International Festival of Short Films and New Images. Italy, 2011 (competition)

Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, USA, 2011 (screening)

International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Dokufest, Kosovo, 2011 (competition)

Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2011 (competition)

Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2011 (competition)

16th Ourense International Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)

Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia, 2011 (competition)

Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2011 (competition)

Recontres Henri Langlois, Festival International des Ecoles de Cinema, France, 2011 (competition)