Next Door (Naboer)

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Next Door
Original title	Naboer
Alternate title	Neighbour
Type	Features
Genre	Thriller
Director	Pål Sletaune
Short summary	Next Door is a psychological thriller with strong sexual undertones. The films's main character John, recently abandoned by his girlfriend, allows himself to be seduced by his two pretty neighbours Anne and Kim, who drag him into a world in which it becomes impossible for John to separate lies from reality.
Summary	One day John (30) meets his next-door neighbours Anne and Kim, two beautiful women, who invite him into their flat. The flat is full of canned goods and jugs of water, as if they are expecting some sort of a siege. John is surprised that he has never met them before, while both women seem to know John and his ex-girlfriend Ingrid intimately. The women’s sexual and manipulative behaviour makes John uncomfortable and he leaves in anger, but Anne manages to convince him to come back and keep an eye on Kim while she goes shopping. She tells John that the man who lived in John’s flat before had assaulted Kim and kept her prisoner in his flat for two days. Since then Kim has not dared leave the building. When John returns to the women’s flat, Kim denies everything Anne has said, and claims that it was Anne who had been assaulted. Kim tries to seduce John. She sets up traps for him and lures him deeper and deeper into their gigantic flat. From there on John begins to lose more and more control over his life. He crosses boundaries he never thought himself capable of. Next Door is a thriller about losing control over your desires, your will and your mind.
Cast	Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig, Michael Nyqvist
Screenplay	Pål Sletaune
D.O.P	John Andreas Andersen
Editor	Darek Hodor
Composer	Simon Boswell
Sound	Ad Stoop, Sound Design: Christian Schaanning
Costume designer	Ingvild Eiring
Scenography	Jack van Domburg
Producer	Turid Øversveen for 4 1/2
Line producer	Bent Rognlien
Production company	Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 St. Olavsgt. 21 C, N-0165 Oslo Tel: +47 22 94 24 94, Fax: +47 22 94 24 99 Mail: turid@fourandahalf.no
Co-producer	Zentropa (Denmark), Memfis Film (Sweden)
Country of origin	Norway
Release date (national)	2005-03-11
Release date (international)	2005-09-05
Technical information
Format	35mm
Screen ratio	1:2,35
Colour	Colour
Sound System	Dolby SRD
Length in min's	75:18
Length in meters	2060
International sales	Nordisk Film International Sales Mosedalsvej 14, DK-2500 Valby tel: +45 36 18 82 00, fax. +45 36 18 95 50 e-mail: info@nordiskfilm.com, www.sales.nordiskfilm.com
Distributor (Norway only)	Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film
Festival participation	2005 Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund (New Nordic Films) 2005 Venice Days 2005 Reykjavik International Film Festival 2005 Warsaw International Film Festival 2005 Hofer Filmtage 2005 San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Film Festival 2005 AFI Fest 2005 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2005 A Luminous Century: Celebrating Norwegian Cinema, Lincoln Centre, NY 2005 Cinénygma Luxembourt International Film Festival 2005 Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2005 Camerimage Film Festival, Poland 2006 Gøteborg Film Festival, Sweden 2006 Cinequest Film Festival 2006 Málaga Fantasy Film Festival 2006 Nordic Film Festival, Rouen, France 2006 Vilnius International Film Festival 2006 Philadelphia Film Festival 2006 Singapore International Film Festival 2006 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2006 Skandinavische Filmtage Bonn 2006 Transilvania International Film Festival
Prizes received	2005 Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund (New Nordic Films): Amanda for Best Actor to Kristoffer Joner 2005 Cinénygma Luxembourt International Film Festival: Méliès d'Argent The film will be in competition for the Méliès d'Or in August 2006 in Espoo, Finland 2005 Cinénygma Luxembourt International Film Festival: Special Mention from Jury of Grand Prix Cinénygma Kodak Award 2005: Kodak Award 2005 Jon Andreas Andersen received the Award for Next Door. He was also the DoP of Buddy, Uno and A Cry in the Woods. 2006 Nordic Film Festival, Rouen, France: Young European Jury Award 2006 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival: Black Tulip Award
URL	http://www.nfi.no/film/nextdoor

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Director biography:
Pål Sletaune (1960) holds degrees in literature, photo and art history. Next Door is his third feature film, after Junk Mail (1997) and You Really Got me (2001). In 1998, Variety pronounced Pål Sletaune one of the ten most promising directors worldwide. He has received international awards and recognition for both his feature films and his short films.

Director's comment:
Next Door is a version of the classic nightmare: One day you discover a door next to yours, and when you enter you find a world where normal rules no longer apply. You are both drawn to and repelled by what you discover. You find yourself in a world where you must face up to your innermost fears. It is simultaneously the most enticing and the most frightening thing you have ever experienced. Next Door is a journey to that most secret place on Earth, deep inside yourself.

I have always been interested in how our mind works. How much pressure can the mind handle? How do we manage to incorporate experiences we don’t consider ourselves capable of doing, into a new self image?

Next Door" is a film about denial, shame, and crossing boundaries.