Om Tilla Explained

Om Tilla
Director:Arne Skouen
Based On:Arne Skouen's novel Bare om barn
Starring:Eva Henning
Toralv Maurstad
Synne Skouen
Music:Gunnar Sønstevold
Cinematography:Ragnar Sørensen
Editing:Sølve Kern
Distributor:Kommunenes filmcentral
Runtime:77 minutes
Country:Norway
Language:Norwegian

Om Tilla (About Tilla) is a Norwegian drama film from 1963 directed by Arne Skouen.[1] [2] [3] Skouen wrote the screenplay, which was based on his 1959 novel Bare om barn. It contained a series of articles from the newspaper Verdens Gang, in which Skouen pointed out that children with intellectual disabilities and children with behavioral difficulties did not receive sufficient financial support or professional help.[4] [5]

Plot

The child psychologist Ivar visits Tilla's mother, Maria, one day at the Botanical Garden in Oslo. Ivar had Tilla under observation a few months earlier, but Maria did not return with her daughter. The child psychologist manages to persuade Maria to come with Tilla to the children's psychiatric clinic so that they can start treating her. At the clinic, they meet the chief physician Mimi Backer. Tilla has not spoken in a year and a half. In the observation room at the clinic, the first small glimmer of light falls on the mystery. There, the girl builds up her secret world through toys she chooses to express herself.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sundholm . John . Thorsen . Isak . Andersson . Lars Gustaf . Hedling . Olof . Iversen . Gunnar . Møller . Birgir Thor . Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema . 2012 . Scarecrow Press . Lanham, MD . 978-0-8108-7899-0 . 351.
  2. Book: Krawc . Alfred . International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984) . 1986 . Saur . Munich . 264.
  3. Book: Cowie . Peter . Buquet . Françoise . Pitkänen . Risto . Talboom . Godfried . Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden . 1992 . Tantivy Press . London . 205.
  4. Web site: Om Tilla . Filmarkivet . December 1, 2021.
  5. Arne Skouen . Cinemateket . 2013 . 6 . 12 . December 1, 2021.
  6. Web site: Om Tilla . Norsk filmografi . Nasjonalbiblioteket . December 2, 2021.