My Wonderful Stranger

My Wonderful Stranger

101 mins | Drama | June 5, 2024

Ebba is an 18-year-old young woman who tries to make ends meet as a cleaning woman in the see-front offices in Oslo. A lonely daydreamer, Ebba lives in the basement of a upper-class family’s house whose keys she keeps while they are away for their summer holiday. One evening she comes across a distressed, wounded man on the pier. He seems to have lost his memory. Ebba finds his papers and discovers he’s Bulgarian. Unsettled by his beauty, she decides to give him shelter and make him believe he’s her boyfriend. How far will Ebba go with her social, emotional and sexual deceit?

My Wonderful Stranger

101 mins | Drama | June 5, 2024

My Wonderful Stranger
Ebba is an 18-year-old young woman who tries to make ends meet as a cleaning woman in the see-front offices in Oslo. A lonely daydreamer, Ebba lives in the basement of a upper-class family’s house whose keys she keeps while they are away for their summer holiday. One evening she comes across a distressed, wounded man on the pier. He seems to have lost his memory. Ebba finds his papers and discovers he’s Bulgarian. Unsettled by his beauty, she decides to give him shelter and make him believe he’s her boyfriend. How far will Ebba go with her social, emotional and sexual deceit?
Producers Bathysphère Productions, Ape&Bjørn
Original title Min fantastiske fremmede
Directors Johanna Pyykkö
Writers Johanna Pyykkö, Jørgen Færøy Flasnes

Cast

Radoslav Vladimirov

as Julian/Ivaylo

Maya Amina Moustache Thuv

as Andrea, la soeur

Renata Aleksejunaite Christensen

as Iveta, la collègue

Laila Goody

as La voisine