THE NIGHT WE FELL / DEN NAT VI FALDT

One-off creative documentary, 54 min., 2018

“Den nat vi faldt” is a film about the relationship between a mother, who just lost her life companion and her daughter, who lost her stepfather and mentor. The film documents how they deal with the grief and how their relationship is changing in the emptiness he left behind.

Mette’s life is changed in an instant, when her husband, Per, dies in a tragic accident. To have a reason for being around her mother, the daughter and film director, Cille Hannibal, picks up her camera and starts recording. This is the beginning of an unpredictable journey through grief. We experience how Mette’s body in one moment is falling apart and the next she is trying to defy life with action and strength. We experience with her how the presence of nature is much stronger; sometimes it is quiet and opaque; sometimes it shakes you and howls. Mette is looking for signs of something bigger, a purpose or meaning: A song on the radio that reminds her of him; a dream to convince her, that he is all right.

The smell when the seasons are changing, last fall he was alive and now he is dead. This is the state of flux and stasis depicted in ”Den nat vi faldt.”

Director Cille Hannibal

Producer Rikke Tambo Andersen

Executive Producer Vibeke Vogel

Cinematographer Frigge Fri Volander

Editor Cathrine Ambus

Composer Signe Lykke

Sound designer Sune Kaarsberg

Selected for CPH:DOX 2018 in the Nordic:DOX AwardCompetition, and Visions Du Reel International Medium Length and Short Film Competition

For DVD contact clara@bullittfilm.dk