HANDLING THE UNDEAD

On an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, a strange electric field surrounds the city as a collective migraine spreads across town. TVs, lightbulbs, and electronics go haywire, the chaos reaching a debilitating crescendo when suddenly, it’s over. But the strange event has awoken the newly deceased from death. HANDLING THE UNDEAD weaves together three families through their loss: Mahler (72) and his daughter, Anna, mourn the too early passing of his grandson; Tora (86) says her final goodbye to her wife at the funeral home; and a family of four face a life without a wife and mother. A character driven horror/drama, the film deals with fundamental emotions around grief and mortality and the battle of accepting what we cannot control.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: THEA HVISTENDAHL

BASED ON A NOVEL BY: JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST

CINEMATOGRAPHER: PÄL ULVIK ROKSETH

PRODUCED BY: EINAR FILM

CO-PRODUCED BY: FILMIKI, ZENTROPA

PRODUCERS: KRISTIN EMBLEM, GURI NEBY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: NICHOLAS ALAVANOS, PATHI KATSOUFI

CO-PRODUCERS: DIMITRIS LOGIADIS, LIZETTE JONJIC, NICK SHUMAKER

SALES: ANONYMOUS CONTENT, TRUSTNORDISK

DISTRIBUTION: NEON

STARRING:

: RENATE REINSVE

: ANDERS DANIELSEN LIE

: BJØRN SUNDQUIST

: BENTE BØRSUM

: BAHAR PARS

Release date: 2023

Duration: 90'