This suspenseful film, which is set in a seemingly idyllic tourist village along a remarkably beautiful Norwegian fjord, follows a woman who is set on avenging the sexual abuse of her sister. Her target is the owner of the village’s inn, an ambitious family man with a dark past. See nfi.no .
What inspired you to tell this particular tale?
Kristine Knudsen, the producer of the film, read the novel by the Norwegian author Ingvar Ambjørnsen and asked me if I wanted to do it. I was a bit reluctant at the beginning, because I had this idea in my head that my first film would be a bit more on the brighter side than this. But there was something with the main character that I couldn’t let go. I loved that I was so ambivalent towards her; one moment I could sympathize with her and then the next I wouldn’t. I really loved that the character challenged me. In many ways it’s a story about an avenger who herself becomes an abuser. Her moral compass is sometimes a bit off.