Natural Disorder

Natural Disorder

98 mins | Documentary | Nov. 18, 2015

Jacob Nossell (24) is intelligent, but hardly fits the picture of a dream child: he suffers from a paralysis of the brain, a congenital physical handicap. It affects not only his powers of speech, but also causes cramps and stiffness. When he speaks, his words cluster together, and when he walks it is with difficulty. With a normal intelligence in a weakened body Jacob is the embodiment of the problem ‘what is normality’: he is too much of an invalid to be fully accepted by society and too ordinary for him to be able to accept his own fate.

Natural Disorder

98 mins | Documentary | Nov. 18, 2015

Natural Disorder
Jacob Nossell (24) is intelligent, but hardly fits the picture of a dream child: he suffers from a paralysis of the brain, a congenital physical handicap. It affects not only his powers of speech, but also causes cramps and stiffness. When he speaks, his words cluster together, and when he walks it is with difficulty. With a normal intelligence in a weakened body Jacob is the embodiment of the problem ‘what is normality’: he is too much of an invalid to be fully accepted by society and too ordinary for him to be able to accept his own fate.
Producers
Original title Naturens Uorden
Directors Christian Sønderby Jepsen
Writers Christian Sønderby Jepsen

Cast

Jacob Nossell

as Himself

Pilou Asbæk

as (voice)

Simon Bang

as Himself