Handling the Undead
dir. Thea Hvistendahl · 2024
A mother awakens from the dead, her family still grappling with the shock of her loss. As they navigate the complexities of her return, the boundaries between life and death blur, revealing the haunting weight of unresolved grief. Watching this film feels like wandering through a dreamscape where the familiar becomes unsettling, and the emotional stakes rise with each revelation.
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother's reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the grave site in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression.
