Seven Days In August

Told in Bildøens signature lyrical prose this story slowly unfurls the horrors of a national tragedy while peeling back the layers of sorrow that infect relationships over time. A few years after the deadly 2011 terror attack in Norways Utøya Island Otto and Sofie are attempting to put the pieces of their life back together without their beloved daughter who was murdered alongside countless other youths on one of the worst days in Norways history. Seven Days in August is the story of Otto and Sofies grief painstakingly narrated over just one weeka window into their attempts to navigate a life together face to face with their own helplessness and mortality.