One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you? and "Where does the world come from?
Acting
Silje Storstein plays two roles with eerie precision—wait, ARE they different?
Production
Bizarre practical sets where philosophy literally comes to life around you.
Writing
Somehow makes Berkeley's idealism almost comprehensible. Almost.
Director
Erik Gustavson
Silje Storstein
Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag
Tomas von Brömssen
Alberto Knox
Andrine Sæther
Sofie's mother
Bjørn Floberg
Major Albert Knag
Hans Alfredson
Socrates
Nils Vogt
Lærer Jacobsen
Minken Fosheim
Hilde's mother
Kjersti Holmen
Fru Johnsen
Jesper Christensen
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
Lars Arentz-Hansen
FN-Officer
Ingar Helge Gimle
Herr Johnsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The book sold 40 million copies; this film had roughly 40 million times less impact. Norway submitted it for the Oscars anyway.
Director Erik Gustavson struggled to visualize abstract philosophy, so he made Kant's categories literally manifest as furniture. It mostly works.
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