Discoveries of a Marionette
A warm and humorous documentary growing from the entertaining and errant life of Alf Mørner
There has always been a distance between director Bjarte Mørner Tveit and his grandfather, the strong patriarch sea captain Alf Mørner. However, the gap between the generations is perhaps about to close when old Alf presents a strange gift to Bjarte; countless metal cans containing 8 mm film from Alf’s life and his journeys around the world. The films open a hidden universe of grandfather’s past to Bjarte, and while looking at the films he discovers stories that had remained hidden for up to seventy years. But strings were attached to the seemingly generous gift and Bjarte soon has to embark on a demanding voyage of his own.
Discoveries of a Marionette is a poetic and peculiar documentary film. It alters between entertaining or heartbreaking personal episodes and philosophical reflections on eternal matters. Through the film Alf Mørner leads us on a weird and wonderful expedition through life and death, love and hate, over the sea and in the end: into eternity. Nothing less.
Technical Specifications
Original title Marionettens oppdagelser
Year 2009
Length 71 min
Languages Norwegian & English versions
Production company Piraya Film
Production country Norway
Sales/Distribution World sales: Kudos Family. Festival distribution: The Norwegian Film Institute.
Format DCP / HDCam
World Premiere 2009 WT Os Internasjonale filmfestival
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1718770/
Awards
2010 Nomination for Best Documentary, Viewfinders Competition, DOC NYC
2010 Nomination for Best Documentary, Prix Europa, Germany
2009 WT Os Internasjonale filmfestival: Best Documentary Film
Festivals
2010 DOC NYC, New York’s Documentary Film Festival, USA
2010 Prix Europa, Berlin, Germany
2010 The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Volda
2009 WT Os Internasjonale filmfestival
2008 Bergen International Film Festival – Screened as Work In Progress
