Marianne O. Ulrichsen

Vilja, 12 years old, loves wrestling even though she is terrified of pain and loses every match. When her parents separate, Vilja’s feelings freeze. Her mum’s new boyfriend’s daughter, Thea, turns out to be the star of the wrestling club. Can Vilja overcome her fear of physical as well as emotional pain?

12-year-old Anna has volunteered to clear garbage along a beach in Northern Norway. There, she falls in love with the group leader Aaron, who awakens something intense in Anna that she has never felt before.

Eleven-year-old Ada experiences that her father forgets to pick her up at the airport. She is invited to a neighbor’s house to wait for him. There she meets Julia, a girl her age. Julia disapproves of being told to play with Ada. The two girls measure forces in the northern Norwegian nature. Free from the adult gaze they are approaching each other and a new identity.

An old woman recalls her love life through the prism of a nostalgic heartfulness. A 1995 Norwegian short, can be found on the compilation Short 4: Seduction.