PYROMANIAC

PYROMANEN

By Erik SKJOLDBJAERG

FILM EUROPE (CZECH REPUBLIC) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, CZECH REPUBLIC / FEST / BROAD

Drama - Completed 2016

The acclaimed Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjærg, the man behind INSOMNIA (1997), PROZAC NATION (2001) and PIONEER (2013), is back with a tense and authentic drama based on the critically acclaimed book BEFORE I BURN by Gaute Heivoll.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
Contemporary World Cinema
Berlinale - EFM 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • NORWAY
    • Languages
    • NORWEGIAN
    • Budget
    • 3 - 5 M$
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Erik SKJOLDBJAERG
    • Writer(s)
    • Bjørn OLAF JOHANNESSEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Aage AABERGE, Edward A. DREYER
    • Synopsis
    • The year is 1981 and it is summer in the little village of Finsland. Dag is 19 years old and has spent his childhood in the countryside living with his parents. His father is chief of the local volunteer fire brigade and Dag has since he was a child been going along with his father to the call-outs. Dag has recently returned after a year of military service and his parents notice that he has changed. Then the fires begin.