Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) Få meg på, for faen (original title)

Director:

Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

Writers:

Jannicke Systad Jacobsen (written by)
Olaug Nilssen (novel)

Release Date:

19 August 2011 (Norway)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. |

Plot Keywords:

15 Year Old | Daydream | Hormones | Norway | Tossing Rocks At A Window

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Helene Bergsholm	...	Alma
Malin Bjørhovde	...	Sara
Beate Støfring	...	Ingrid
Matias Myren	...	Artur
Lars Nordtveit Listau	...	Kjartan
Henriette Steenstrup	...	Alma's Mother
Jon Bleiklie Devik	...	Sebjørn
Julia Bache-Wiig	...	Maria
Julia Schacht	...	Elisabeth (as Julia Elise Schacht)
Arthur Berning	...	Terje
Hilde-Gunn Ommedal	...	Magda
Ole Johan Skjelbred-Knutsen	...	Turnip Factory Boss
Finn Tokvam	...	Math Teacher
Yngve Hustad Reite	...	Careful Guy at Supermarket
Ronny Brede Aase	...	Truck Driver
Per Kjerstad	...	Stig (voice)
Olaug Nilssen	...	Sebjørn's Wife (voice)
Thomas Opheim	...	Børre
Arve Guggedal	...	Einar
Inger Elisabeth Mingen	...	Kari
Merete Red	...	Artur's Sister
Mira Isabella Skaar Madsen	...	Trampolinejenter
Karen Kyllese	...	Trampolinejenter
Linda Ørnes	...	Girls on Bikes
Line Sand	...	Girls on Bikes

Directed by
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen		written by
Olaug Nilssen		novel

Produced by
Brede Hovland	....	producer

Original Music by
Ginge Anvik

Cinematography by
Marianne Bakke

Film Editing by
Zaklina Stojcevska

Casting by
Ellen Michelsen

Art Direction by
Sunniva Rostad

Makeup Department
Janne Røhmen	....	key makeup artist
Kenny Tonjeson	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Lina Pedersen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lene Heimlund Larsen	....	third assistant director
Daniel Malmén	....	first assistant director
Henrik Tangen	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marte Moen Danielsen	....	assistant art director
Linn Karen Foerland	....	assistant property master
Wenche Kjærstad	....	property master
Kim Christian Kjærstad Rebeyrol	....	props

Sound Department
Thomas Alveberg	....	boom operator
Ingar Asdahl	....	sound editor
Hugo Ekornes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hugo Ekornes	....	supervising sound editor
Roy Fenstad	....	foley artist
Gunn Tove Grønsberg	....	foley recordist
Baard H. Ingebretsen	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Windtwood	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Kjetil Haugen	....	online editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Balgaard	....	lighting technician
Christen Kenneth Gran	....	lighting technician
Gabor Laczkó	....	key grip
Thomas Strømstad Larsen	....	assistant camera
Tania Nyberg	....	still photographer
Endre Eken Torp	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sabina Cavenius	....	costumes
Henriette Næss	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Julien Alary	....	colorist
Raymond Gangstad	....	conform
Klaus Gretland	....	assistant editor
Christian Siebenherz	....	trailer editor
Espen Skjørdal	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Johan Husvik	....	music supervisor

Other crew
St&aringle Stein Berg	....	script consultant
Kristoffer Endresen	....	production assistant
Nils Johan Grønning	....	location scout
Erik Hovland	....	location scout
Karl Gunnar Schmidberger Karlsen	....	production assistant
Gunhild Oddsen	....	production coordinator
Severin Omundsen	....	production assistant
Helga Maria Sulen Sund	....	production coordinator

Thanks
H. Spencer Young	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Motlys

Distributors

• Earth Star Entertainment (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Epcott (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• New Yorker Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Norge (2011) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Studio S Entertainment (2011) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Zootrope Films (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Celsius Entertainment (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (DVD)
• Zamie Pictures (2011) (South Korea) (all media)

Also Known As:

"Få meg på, for faen" - Norway (original title)
"Turn Me On, Goddammit" - International (English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) | USA:Unrated | Australia:MA15+ | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Saudasjøen, Sauda, Norway

Company:

Motlys

Trivia:

Awarded "Best Screenplay" at the Tribeca Film Festival 2011. Awarded the "Independent Distribution Award for Best Debut Film" at the International Rome Film Festival 2011. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen was chosen as one of Variety's "Ten European Directors to Watch" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011. The film also won Best European First Feature at the Mons International Love Festival (Belgium) in 2012.

Get Poked.

I recently saw this at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival. This is a low budget, quirky, coming-of-age Norwegian comedy from a writer/director (Jannicke Systad Jabobsen), known for making shorts and documentaries, who is making her feature film debut using mostly untrained actors and the results are hilarious and charming. Alma (Helen Bergsholm) is a 15 year old living in a small rural Norwegian town called "Skaddeheimen" who has discovered self-gratification and phone sex. She, like her friends, long to leave the town they live in and go to a big city like Oslo as one of her friends older sister Maria (Julia Bach-Wiig) has. Alma has a crush on Artur (Matais Myren) but when he makes an offensive move toward her outdoors at a community dance, she flees inside to describe it to her best friends Saralou (Malin Bjørhoude) and Ingrid (Beate Støfring). They don't believe her story, and Artur of course denies it, so she becomes ostracized by the whole school and loses all her friends. Her mother (Henriette Steenstrup) is beside herself with Alma's fascination with sex but devises ways to put up with it. Director Jacobsen co-wrote the very funny script along with Olaug Nilssen adapted from Nilssen's novel. Excellent soundtrack music from Ginge Anvk, nicely edited by Zaklina Stojcevska with beautiful cinematography from Marianne Bakke this film comes together and delivers a smart and witty comedy. The casting is perfect and Bergsholm, who was 17 when this was filmed, playing the 15 year old lead is outstanding in her debut acting performance. She is both poised and comedic and pulls off her role with genuine charm and skill. I'll look for a future for her and for director Jacobsen. I would highly recommend this film and give it my highest rating of 10 out of 10.