The Solution

The film is built on a true story and filmed on its real locations. The old man, here called Anders, was a close friend of mine who was brutally evacuated from the city and his flat by his cynical property-owner. We filmed the café scene in the place where Anders was forced to sign the contract after having been offered a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. Sadly enough Anders died some years later from depression.

But basically the film is about fatherhood, a subject that often has been highlighted in my books and films. I think our parents, present or absent, having a crucial impact to our choices and values in life. I especially focus on insufficient relations and what consequences they might have. I do not analyse or define solutions for the humanity, but tell stories from my own and some other people's experiences.

I am most grateful to my film team, the actors, the photographer Peter Klint and the Producer Assistant Mirjam Vöhrmann. They all the time found ways out to shoot our low budget film in three days, in snow storm and with only five hours of daylight. Wonderful, talented people that seldom get awards, but make things happen with joy, amazing patience and loyalty. Bless them!

We are all proud and grateful to the Jury of the Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival for having awarded the film in category: Special Prize to the Best Fiction Film. 
 
Jan-Eje Ferling
Director and author