Pax (I) (2010)

A plane engine explodes. A plane goes down towards the ground. It looks like the end for the people aboard. But for some of them, it is a new beginning. Up in the air between Stockholm and ... See full summary »

Director:

Annette Sjursen

Writers:

Lars Saabye Christensen, Annette Sjursen

Stars:

Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Samuel Fröler, Ida Elise Broch

Cast

Credited cast:
Ellen Dorrit Petersen	...	Kathrine
Samuel Fröler	...	Jon
Ida Elise Broch	...	Elise
Kyrre Haugen Sydness	...	Erik
Kristoffer Joner	...	Peter
Tomas von Brömssen	...	Andrew
Björn Granath	...	Overlegen
Marika Lagercrantz	...	Priorinnen
Olivia Nystedt	...	Angelica
Pia Tjelta	...	Angelica sin mor
Anneke von der Lippe	...	Susan
Annika Hallin	...	Legeass Kaja
Ane Dahl Torp	...	Anja
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stina Ekblad
Stig Engström	...	Donormann #2

Storyline

A plane engine explodes. A plane goes down towards the ground. It looks like the end for the people aboard. But for some of them, it is a new beginning. Up in the air between Stockholm and Oslo, we follow seven people and a heart on its way from one body to another. All seven has something they are running from. When the heavy plane body is diving down towards the ground, they see life in another perspective.

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Taglines:

It is said that life is a journey. Pax is the journey for a life.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian Swedish English

Release Date:

February 2010 (Norway)

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 100,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paradox Spillefilm A/S

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min 72 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A plane crash without even a crash

Pax, which means peace, is a film about a plane on it's way to a crash, and the passengers last minutes. One of the passengers is a human heart going to a new body.

There's bee so many fabulous Norwegian films for the last years, and the idea of his one was promising. This could only have failed because of bad judgments. This film's only crash was in the cinemas, where almost no one saw it.

Pax is beautifully filmed, but the lack of good writing ruins the idea. A lot of good Norwegian and Swedish actors are not able to lift this pretentious writing up to more than two stars out of ten.

What a waste of a great idea, and good acting talent. The music makes the film even more pretentious. It's not there with the film and the actors. It's not wrong. It's simply not there.

I expected another great film from director Annette Sjursen, which made the film My envious hairdresser which really was enjoyable and great. This on the other hand is an enormous let down, compared to that one.

The best parts of this film, except the good filming, is the visuals and the blue sky when the actors are presented at the end, and that it's only 75 minutes long. Go see some other Norwegian films getting great scores. This is is a study in how not to use the investors money, and we don't even get a crash to satisfy the time spent with this pretentious stuff and after listening to all this nonsense coming from the bad manuscript.

This movie started off an unfair debate about female filmmakers in Norway, and about governmental sponsoring of films. Did this film get a go just because it had a female writer and director? The debate failed as well. Good luck next time, Sjursen, I still haven't lost faith, due to the great first film.