Turn me on, goddammit! (Få meg på, for faen!)
Turn me on, Goddammit! is an offbeat coming-of-age comedy with a deadpan sense of humor, enlivened by its rich sense of fantasy and frank but sweet approach to teen sexuality.
Alma is a small-town teen with a big imagination. Horny and looking for love, she has only her lively imagination and a kindly phone sex operator to ameliorate her frustratingly lonely and chaste life. But Alma’s active fantasy world and even more active libido only seem to get her into trouble. Turn me on, goddammit is an offbeat coming-of-age comedy with a deadpan sense of humor, enlivened by its rich sense of fantasy and frank but sweet approach to teen sexuality.
Production and distribution
- Production Year
- 2011
- Country of origin
- Norway
- Release date (national)
- 2011-08-19
- Release date (international)
- 2011-04-22
- Production Company
- Motlys A/S
- Sagvn. 18
- N-0459 Oslo
- Producer
- Brede Hovland
- Sigve Endresen
- Festival Contact
- NFI Features
- International sales
- Celsius Entertainment Ltd.
Crew
- Director
- Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
- Manuskript
- Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
- Based on
- Based on Olaug Nilssens novel of the same title by
Technical information
- Sjanger
- Youth
- Comedy
- Drama
- Format
- 35mm
- Bildeformat
- 1:1,85
- Farge
- NOT TRANSLATED: filmdb.colorsystem.color
- Lydsystem
- Dolby SRD
- Length in min's
- 75' 33"
- Language
- Norwegian
Director
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (b.1975) studied film directing at FAMU (The National Filmschool of the Czech Republic) and London International Film School. She has also studied dramaturgy and drama, as well as social anthropology at the University of Oslo. She directed several documentaries and shorts with a great humorous flair, before making her feature film debut with the comedic youthdrama Turn me on, Goddammit! , which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2011. Systad Jacobsen, who also wrote the screenplay for the film, recieved the award for Best Screenplay in the World Narrative Competition at the festival.
Cast
- Alma
- Helene Bergsholm
- Artur
- Matias Myren
- Sara
- Malin Bjørhovde
- Ingrid
- Beate Støfring
- Almas mother
- Henriette Steenstrup
- Elisabeth
- Julia Schacht
- Maria
- Julia Bache-Wiig
- Terje
- Arthur Berning
- Sebjørn
- Jon Bleiklie Devik
- The careful guy
- Yngve Hustad Reite
- The truckdriver
- Ronny Brede Aase
- The manager of the turnip-factory
- Ole Johan Skjelbred-Knutsen
- Finn Tokvam
- Finn Tokvam
- Børre
- Thomas Opheim
- Kjartan
- Lars Nordtvedt Listau
- Magda
- Hildegunn Ommedal
- Einar
- Arve Guggedal
Visning på festivaler
- 2011
- Tribeca Film Festival
- 2011
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- 2011
- PiFan - Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
- 2011
- The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund
- 2011
- Zurich Film Festival
- 2011
- Mill Valley Film Festival
- 2011
- Chicago International Film Festival
- 2011
- Philadelphia Film Festival
- 2011
- Rome Film Festival
- 2011
- Nordic Film Days Lübeck
- 2011
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
- 2011
- Stockholm International Film Festival
- 2011
- Noordelijk Filmfestival
- 2011
- Cucalorus Film Festival
- 2011
- International Film Festival of India
- 2012
- Portland International Film Festival
- 2012
- The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
- 2012
- Festival International du Film d'Amour du Mons
- 2012
- BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival
- 2012
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival
- 2012
- Belfast Film Festival
- 2012
- Transilvania International Film Festival
- 2012
- Taormina FilmFest
- 2012
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- 2012
- Cockatoo Island Film Festival
- 2012
- Windsor International Film Festival
- 2012
- East Lansing Film Festival
- 2012
- Brisbane International Film Festival
- 2012
- ExGround Filmfest
- 2013
- The William and Mary Global Film Festival
Prizes
- 2011
- Tribeca Film Festival: Best Screenplay
- 2011
- Rome Film Festival: Distribution Prize
- 2012
- Festival International du Film d'Amour du Mons: Best European Film
- 2013
- The William and Mary Global Film Festival: The Golden Film Can Award, to Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Rising Young Talent Global Film Can Award, to Helene Bergsholm