PREVIEW: Ninjababy (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kristine Thorp (A Report on the Party and the Guests), Arthur Berning (Jackpot), Nader Khademi (Grand Hotel), Tora Christine Dietrichson (film debut), Silya Nymoen (InContact), Herman Tømmeraas (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Yngvild Sve Flikke (Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts), director, writer; Johan Fasting (film debut) and Inga Sætre (film debut), writers; Yngve Sæther (Oslo, August 31st), producer; Kåre Vestrheim (In Order of Disappearance), composer; Marianne Bakke (Endings, Beginnings), cinematographer; Karen Gravås (Cupid’s Balls), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Hard-partying illustrator Rakel (Thorp) is shocked to discover that she is six months pregnant, and even more so that her unborn child dubbed Ninjababy (Tømmeraas) has to come to life as a hand-drawn illustration to comment on her unfocused life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The second feature from Norwegian filmmaker Yngvild Sve Flikke is an irreverent and hilarious tale of pregnancy that makes the likes of Knocked Up and Juno seem normal by comparison.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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