In this quiet film about a teenager and her problems, Marianne (Gerd Brotnow) is an endearing and innocent young woman who grapples with loneliness and finds a solution that, in the end, brings her grief. One of her difficulties, in spite of her beauty, is that she lacks self-confidence because she is overweight and as a consequence does not have any sort of social life. Her one outlet is a constant exchange of cassette tapes back and forth to a friend she has never met in person, and who lives in a remote area of the county. When Marianne hears that he is coming for a visit to Oslo, she is attacked by fears that he will reject her once he sees her, and the opposite happens. While she spends an idyllic weekend in her first romantic liaison, the result is a shock that leaves her in a dilemma much worse than simple loneliness.
by Eleanor Mannikka
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