Sick of Myself

Sick of Myself

93 minutes
2022
Sweden / Norway Comedy / Drama

Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy. In this pitch black satirical comedy, director Kristoffer Borgli portrays a toxic relationship that rapidly escalates to frightening new levels of narcissistic one-upmanship. Signe and Thomas are a young couple with an unhealthily competitive relationship which takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate and shockingly self destructive attempt to regain her status by deliberately making herself ill to attract attention and sympathy. Kristoffer Borgli brilliantly satirises the self promotional tendencies of contemporary media and the attention seeking impulse in all of us.

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2022
Sweden / Norway Comedy / Drama

Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.
In this pitch black satirical comedy, director Kristoffer Borgli portrays a toxic relationship that rapidly escalates to frightening new levels of narcissistic one-upmanship. Signe and Thomas are a young couple with an unhealthily competitive relationship which takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate and shockingly self destructive attempt to regain her status by deliberately making herself ill to attract attention and sympathy. Kristoffer Borgli brilliantly satirises the self promotional tendencies of contemporary media and the attention seeking impulse in all of us.

Creators

Kristoffer Borgli

Cast

Henrik Mestad, Kristine Thorp, Eirik Saether, Anders Lie, Andrea Braein

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Awards

Won Nominated
Award
2023
Dublin International Film Festival
Best Actress | Kristine Kujath Thorp
Award
2022
Cannes Film Festival
Un Certain Regard Award