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Katrine Wiedemann : 2012
A Caretaker's Tale

Per is a 52-year-old caretaker at a bleak modern housing project. A harsh and bitter man who leads a life without much joy. His wife just left him, he has a son in prison, back pain and two pathetic male friends whom he bosses around. One day he discovers a beautiful young woman lying naked in the corner of an empty apartment, wrapped in a curtain. She can't talk or walk, but she will have sex with Per, so for him, she is almost like a gift from above. What makes us go beyond ourselves and do what we otherwise wouldn't do? Only love can do that. This is the story of a real bastard who is healed when he meets love. Love has to take a form that makes him open up, without his realising. As a creature that only reflects Per, the girl comes into his life and slowly breaks down his armour, putting him in touch with his soft underbelly whilst also making him vulnerable and defenceless. She is a different kind of saving angel. Her innocence awakens something new in Per and so his transformation and growth begins. A poignant, wildly different and offbeat love story, not without a healthy dose of pitch-black humour. Describing herself as the least feminist director in Scandinavia, Katrine Wiedemann's controversial and provocative tale, her second feature, premiered at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2012.