Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Wither



Albin, his girlfriend Ida and their friends are all in their late twenties. During a family dinner, Albin's dad tells the couple about a supposedly abandoned house deep in the woods. Albin and Ida sees this as an opportunity to get together with their friends one more time and spend the weekend there. They all get together and are soon on their way. Everyone is excited about seeing the mysterious house. Upon arriving two of the friends, Markus and Marie, decides to scare Albin by sneaking in through a window. Marie climbs in while Albin and the other tries to get the locked front door open. Inside the dark house, Marie stumbles upon a hatch that leads down to an underground area. Out of curiousness, she can't resist to check it out. But underneath the ground, something is waiting for her….


The wither, or vittra in Swedish, is a type of nature spirit and mythological creature common in Nordic mythology. Elves, dwarves and jotnar are withers, and they all live underground, are invisible most of the time and rarely meddle in human affairs. However, when enraged by people not respecting them properly, they are fearsome.....  


Stars Amanda Renberg, Johannes Brost, Lisa Henni (Snabba Cash, 2010), Patrick Saxe (Blood Runs Cold, 2011), Max Wallmo (Madness, 2010), Anders Hellquist (Ninja Mission, 2000) and Ralf Beck (Tomb Raider 2, 2003).


Writers: Sonny Laguna, David Liljeblad and Tommy Wiklund
Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund



"Wither" will be released publicly in 2013, both in Sweden and internationally. It is also headed for film festivals in the UK and Spain, but the 95 minute film is first shown on September 26 at the Fantastic Film Festival in Lund (where it will compete in the Melies competition against seven other films).


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