Directed by:
Charlotte BlomScreenplay:
Charlotte BlomCinematography:
Karl Erik BrøndboComposer:
Ola KvernbergCast:
Agnes Kittelsen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Linn Skåber, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Allis Vedal Strømberg, Mattis Seeberg-Lund, Heidi Toini (more)Plots(1)
The classic Bee Gees song, Staying Alive, has supposedly saved many lives: its pulsing disco beat mirrors the correct rhythms for life-saving CPR. And if anyone's life needs saving right now, it's Marianne's. Happily married with two beautiful daughters, she discovers her husband, Hakon, is having an affair with a younger woman named Frida. Worse, he thinks he loves her. Suddenly Marianne, the wronged party, finds herself increasingly on the losing end. With nothing to rely on but useless and silly advice from her pregnant girlfriend and her parents (who she finds have their own "arrangements"), Marianne tries to plan her next steps in a hurt and angry daze. STAYING ALIVE is an honest, warm, and painfully funny look at how to move on when everything you thought was real turns out to be tinsel. With a heart as tender as a skinned knee, this aching and upbeat film proves that even when it all hits the fan, sometimes the good guys actually win. (Cleveland International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Agnes Kittelsen
Norway
Best movies:
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Man of War (2008)
Happy Happy (2010)
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Norway
Best movies:
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
Linn Skåber
Norway
Best movies:
Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced (2000)
Kissed by Winter (2005)
Staying Alive (2014)
Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
Norway
Best movies:
Headhunters (2011)
Sons (2006)
Staying Alive (2014)
Allis Vedal Strømberg
Best movies:
Staying Alive (2014)
Mattis Seeberg-Lund
Best movies:
Staying Alive (2014)
Heidi Toini
Best movies:
Staying Alive (2014)
The Son (2019)
Late Summer (2016)
Anne Marie Ottersen
Norway
Best movies:
Nothing to Laugh About (2021)
Staying Alive (2014)
Jackpot (2011)
Tor Erik Gunstrøm
Norway
Best movies:
The Trip (2021)
Staying Alive (2014)
Kyrre Hellum
Norway
Best movies:
Troubled Water (2008)
House of Fools (2008)
Staying Alive (2014)
Stein Torleif Bjella
Best movies:
Staying Alive (2014)
Johnny Logan
Australia
Best movies:
Staying Alive (2014)
Thomas Chr. Hansen
Norway
Best movies:
12th Man (2017)
Staying Alive (2014)
Grand Hotel (2016)