Om Tilla

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Om Tilla
Directed byArne Skouen
Written byArne Skouen
Based onArne Skouen's novel Bare om barn
StarringEva Henning
Toralv Maurstad
Synne Skouen
CinematographyRagnar Sørensen
Edited bySølve Kern
Music byGunnar Sønstevold
Distributed byKommunenes filmcentral
Release date
  • September 12, 1963 (1963-09-12)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

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

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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]

Cast

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References

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