Archive of films Hypnosis / Hypnosen

Sweden / Norway / France
2023, 98 min

Section: Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2023

Synopsis

André and Vera are both life and business partners trying to get a women’s reproductive health mobile app off the ground. On the eve of a weekend programme for promising start-ups, where they aim to attract the attention of potential investors, Vera tries hypnotherapy to help her quit smoking. However, the experience comes with an unexpected side effect: she starts to lose all her social inhibitions. Ernst De Geer’s debut is a fresh, modern satire which profits from situational humour and piercingly precise dialogue. At the same time, the irony of what’s going on is plain to see. An individualistic society may well encourage us to be ourselves, nevertheless, it remains uncompromising in its demands as to how we ought to behave.

Sandra Hezinová

About the director

Ernst De Geer (1989, Stockholm). Selected filmography: The Culture (Kulturen, 2018, short), Wimbledon (2019, short), The Hypnosis (Hypnosen, 2023).

Contacts

Totem Films
5 rue de Charonne, 750 11, Paris
France
E-mail: [email protected]

Publicity contact

Simone Devlin
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section:	Crystal Globe Competition

Director:	Ernst De Geer
Screenplay:	Mads Stegger, Ernst De Geer
Dir. of Photography:	Jonathan Bjerstedt
Music:	Peder Kjellsby
Sound:	Håkon Lammetun, Matias Frøystad
Editor:	Robert Krantz
Art Director:	Linda Elmborg
Producer:	Mimmi Spång
Production:	Garagefilm International
Coproduction:	Film I Väst AB, Mer Film AS, Totem Atelier
Cast:	Herbert Nordrum, Asta Kamma August
Sales:	Totem Films
Contact:	Simone Devlin