The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Documentary Animation Norwegian
The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.
| Cast: | Mats Steen, Robert Steen, Trude Steen, Mia Steen, Kelsey Ellison, Thomas Stene-Johansen, Zoe Croft, Paul Wild, Elena Pitsiaeli, Ed Larkin, |
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| Director: | Benjamin Ree |
| Writer: | Mats Steen |
| Editor: | Robert Stengård |
| Camera: | Rasmus Tukia, Tore Vollan |
Guild Reviews
The Retroactive Stillness Of Grief
Benjamin Ree’s The Remarkable Life of Ibelin starts off as a documentary about death. We see the tombstone of Mats Steen, a Norwegian boy whose body and soul were at war. A mix of VHS footage and family interviews then reveals that Mats had duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a degenerative disease that reduced his 25 years to a hellish survival story. His mind yearned for the momentum his muscles never had. Subsequent clips show his body shrinking on landmarks and vacations, the end inching closer.
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