Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist (creating works from stolen furniture) and in response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy. She does this by deliberately inducing a spectacular skin condition, which gives her the kind of global online and real time attention that she longs for, and feels she deserves.

Watching two narcissists battling for other people's attention can't help but put you in mind of the social media circus that thrives on this kind of scenario, and the film almost dares the audience to ask how far they would go to become a social phenomenon?

"Borgli doesn't seem particularly interested in crafting a nuanced take on victimhood culture so much as he seeks to generate outrageous humour from Signe's increasingly absurd sense of priorities. Hers is an extreme case of main character syndrome, which Borgli loosely — and smugly — connects to the toxic egotism underlying various facets of modern existence." Beatrice Loayaza, New York Times

In Norwegian and Swedish with English subtitles.

Running time: 1h37

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