In 1990 Jens Lien went to London to play rockn´roll, 3 years later he returned as a filmmaker educated at the London International Film School.
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In 1990 Jens Lien went to London to play rockn´roll, 3 years later he returned as a filmmaker educated at the London International Film School.
In 1990 Jens Lien went to London to play rockn´roll, 3 years later he returned as a filmmaker educated at the London Int. Film School.
He started out making documentaries and commercials along with numerous short-films. Among his short-films is Shut the Door that was selected in Cannes Official competition program in 2000 and Natural glasses that was in Cannes official competition program the next year (2001). He has won numerous award all over the world with his short films.
His first feature Jonny Vang came in 2003 and had its premier at Berlin Film Festival, panorama, and has received several awards.
His latest feature film The Bothersome Man was be released at Critic's Week in Cannes 2007. Jens Liens work is often recognized as absurd.
Director's Comment:
"This film is to me a portrait of a society which has lost something. A place where everything works, but where emotions are absent, forgotten along the way. Andreas arrives in his new world. It seems perfect but he doesn't fit in. He dreams, falls in love, has longings - but this seems alien and bothersome to the others.
"What makes The Bothersome Man special is how it expresses the idea of a society devoid of emotion. The absence of opposing force creates an uneasy feeling which gradually builds in intensity. Andreas has no-one to blame but himself, since everyone are being friendly towards him. This lack of resistance gradually tears him apart. He is alive in a dead world. The Bothersome Man is a stylistic and absurd depiction of a nightmare. A horror-film in an every-day setting. The film starts out stylistically like a western. Wide shots in a barren landscape. Dreamy music. Our hero, Andreas, arrives in this wasteland. He doesn't know where he's coming from or where he's going. He is tormented by the never-ending friendliness and emptiness around him.
Trond Fausa Aurvåg ("Andreas") was born in Fetsund, Norway in 1972. He was educated at the National Theatre Academy 1998-2001. He has appeared in films like Junk Mail (Budbringeren), The Crossing (Andreaskorset), Offside, and the short Shut The Door (Døren Som Ikke Smakk), which competed at Cannes in 2000. He is a regular with the Jo Strømgren Company, and has been employed by Oslo Nye Teater since 2001. Aurvåg has also made his mark in some of the most memorable Norwegian commercial films in recent years. Through his various roles he has shown a considerable talent for comedy, as well as being held to be one of the most promising young actors in Norway.
Petronella Barker ("Anne-Britt") was born in Colchester, England, in 1965. She was educated at the National Theatre Academy 1985-1988. She is one of the most distinguished female actors in Norway, and also seen as one of the most beautiful. He track record includes 18 TV series and feature films, including the recent success Hawaii, Oslo. She has been employed at Det Norske Teatret, Göteborg Stadsteater and is now with Nationaltheatret.
Birgitte Larsen ("Ingeborg") was born in Kristandsand, Norway in 1981. She was educated at the National Theatre Academy 2000-2003, and has since been employed by both Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheatret. On stage she has made her mark in roles like Hedvig in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck (Vildanden). Birgitte is among the up-and-coming actors who make their feature film debut in The Bothersome Man.
Located in Oslo, Tordenfilm was the first production company to be initiated solely by graduates of the relatively new Norwegian national Film School in Lillehammer.
The business area of tordenfilm is development and production of fiction films, with a focus on feature films. The choice of projects emphasizes the quality of the individual vision rather than limiting itself to certain genres or manifestoes.