Agnes Against the World

Agnes and Hansi live in the woods above Oslo, looking down on the city. They sell the street newspaper and home-distilled vodka – and take hard drugs. When you hear them philosophising about the world, you might think their life on the fringes of society is a choice they’ve made. But at the mention of her daughter, a shadow falls over Agnes’s face. Following a breakdown and a life-changing diagnosis that's linked to her drug consumption, she decides to undergo a radical detox in order to see her daughter again. Though Agnes may feel that the world has treated her unfairly, she's ultimately battling against herself – against the pain she can't face, and which she feels she has to numb. This film is a psychological portrait of a woman who must reinterpret reality in order to carry on living.