Alt om min Far

Esben Benestad lives as a doctor in a small Norwegian town. He has his own practice, has written two books on sex studies, is a columnist for a men's magazine, and is also active as a liberal politician. In Norway, Esben Benestad is also known in a different identity: as Esther Pirelli, sex therapist and occasional actress. Esben Benestad is a transvestite. With humor, affection and irony, his son draws a personal portrait of this dazzling man, without completely surrendering his talent for self-expression: "My father assumed that this film should introduce him as a colorful and complex personality who spent a lot of time and Spends strength struggling with the cultural bureaucracy. I was more interested in to show the whole personality and not to miss the father-son problem any more than the injuries that his self-realization has left behind on others. The fact that my father is a transvestite forms the basis of my film - it is only the starting point for a somewhat different kind of family saga. It was important to me to show that my family is not unique. There are many families like mine. "(Even Benestad)

Details

  • Länge

    75 min
  • Land

    Norwegen, Dänemark
  • Vorführungsjahr

    2002
  • Herstellungsjahr

    2001
  • Regie

    Even Benestad
  • Mitwirkende

  • Produktionsfirma

    Exposed Film Productions AS
  • Berlinale Sektion

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Kategorie

    Dokumentarfilm
  • Teddy Award Gewinner

    Best Documentary/ Essay Film

Biografie Even Benestad

Geboren am 16.9.1974 in Grimstad. Studi- um mit dem Schwerpunkt Kamera an der Film- und Fernsehakademie in Oslo. Hat seit 1997 als Kameramann gearbeitet, fünf Kurzfilme und im Jahr 2000 mehrere kurze Dokumentationen für das Norwegische Fernsehen gedreht. ALT OM MIN FAR ist sein erster langer Dokumentarfilm.

Filmografie Even Benestad

2007 Natural Born Star | 2009 Tempus Fugit | 2011 300 Sekunder | 2011 Pushwagner | 2014 Club 7