Anja Breien

Total Credits at Criticker: 12 (Director), 10 (Writer)
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A young laborer is accused of rape based on circumstantial evidence, but the film completely bypasses the drama of raped women, and assumes the man's point of view, who becomes the victim of the story. (Agnieszka Szeffel)
Former school friends Mie, Kaja and Heidrun, now in their thirties, meet at a reunion. They decide to leave all their troubles behind and go out on a onw week spree. An answer to Cassavetes's "Husbands".
Arvid, an incipent music critic, falls in requited love with Lydia while visiting her father's summer home.
The film takes place in Norway in the Middle Ages. Eli Laupstad, an independent woman, who left her husband, is accused of witchcraft.
A 54-year-old widower bequeaths his property to his family only if they manage to jointly run his company. Otherwise, the tremendous wealth will go to charity. (Agnieszka Szeffel)
A psychological thriller bassed on a novel by Norwegian writer Knut Faldbakken, involves an investigation into the mysterious suicide of the father of a young lawyer. (Agnieszka Szeffel)
A middle-aged Casanova who has lost his touch with women - but loves all the world's women all the same, is the modern perfect seducer who has never been on the wrong side of a breakup, must now face his own myth. (Agnieszka Szeffel)
Vokse opp (1967) - Short Film
The film is based on a legend that goes back to 1349, when the black plague reached Norway after ravaging in Europe. Legend of a little girl, the sole survivor plague in the isolated mountain village Justedalen. The girl closely linked to nature and becomes like a wild bird, says the legend.
17. mai - En film om ritualer (1969) - Short Film
Norway's National Day on 17 May has over the years evolved to be a day marked by rituals and phrases which may no longer have as much content for most people. The film shows us some of these rituals we know so well, so we can chuckle over May 17.
Solvorn (1997) - Short Film
Anja Breien came across a box of glass plate negatives that her grandmother had photographed, many of them with remote trigger. Breien made contact copies of them and discovered a poetic talent. This film is an attempt to get a piece of her grandmother's life, of family life? an attempt to grab a forgotten past. Can we remember others' memories?
Å se en båt med seil (2001) - Short Film
A weathered face, an old man skiing in Rondane ... Neapolitan song, music over the snow - memories of childhood summers, a boat ... The landscape is snowy now - a boat here ... In the snow?
10 years after their last school reunion three former classmates reunite for a few days of bonding and taking stock of their lives.