Superposition

A couple of young Danish artists and their son Nemo move from Copenhagen to an isolated forest house in Sweden in the hope of rekindling their relationship. They hope to find themselves as individuals while documenting their new lifestyle in an ongoing podcast series. Regretfully, they realize there's another couple across the lake, which is surprisingly alike themselves. Their son’s disappearance brings them face to face with their doppelgangers. The fight for survival is on... Twisting the Scandinavian tradition of the chamber drama – focusing on the fundamental split between self-realization and being present in life – with a healthy dose of psychological and metaphysical thriller tropes, this impressive feature debut attacks bourgeois sensibilities in a playful, uncanny fashion. At the same time, by openly addressing its kinship to Jordan Peele’s Us and Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, it presents a prime example of the “female gaze” in horror. After all, not only beauty, but also horror is in the eye of the beholder!

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Direction: Karoline Lyngbye

Script: Karoline Lyngbye, Mikkel Bak Sørensen, Sune Elskær

Cinematography: Sine Brooker

Editing: Jakob Juul Toldam

Sound: Olli Pärnänen

Music: Pessi Levanto

Actors: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Marie Bach Hansen

Production: Beo Starling

Producers: Amalie Lyngbo Quist

Co-producers: Julia Gebauer, Leila Lyytikäinen, Joakim Rang Strand

Production Design: Silje Aune Dammen

Sets: Anne Marie Vagner

Make Up: Mathias Jagd Nielsen

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Denmark

Production Year: 2023

Duration: 102'

Contact: Danish Film Institute

Karoline Lyngbye

Director Karoline Lyngbye finished her degree at the Danish National Film School in 2013. She was nominated for a Robert Award (the Danish Oscars) with her graduation film Pointy Elbows, Bleeding Knees, which explored the rivalry between two sisters. Superposition is her first feature film.

Filmography

2013 Pointy Elbows, Bleeding Knees (short)
2023 Superposition