Can Newton’s laws of motion be disproved? Labanosov, a synchronised swimming coach, believes they can. Admittedly, the first attempt to prove that ended in failure but another chance appears. For the obese candidates who are usually held in contempt, in turn, it is an opportunity to experience something unusual as well as get to know what they are worth.
What recurs in this film is a typical Norwegian film theme, a theme of revolt against fixed order, yearning for breaking the rules, acting against the trends and universally accepted models.
He was born in 1963 in Boston, USA. He is a producer, director and screenwriter, and he also sometimes appears in front of the film camera. For the film Bat Wings he was awarded for direction in 1993, while the short film, Eye for an Eye, won him a Special Jury Prize during International Film Festival in Venice.
1986 Zinoberveien (short)
1992 Flaggermusvinger / Bat Wings
1996 Jomfruene i Riga / Virgins of Riga
1998 Tann for tann / Eye for an Eye (short)
2001 Tyskland år 00 / Germany Year 00 (short)
2010 Lilie wodne w rozkwicie / Vannlilljer i blomst / Water Lilies in Bloom (short)