VIEW FROM THE WORLD
Flophouse America
Director
Monica Strømdahl
Producers
Beathe Hofseth
Siri Natvik
Cinematographer
Monica Strømdahl
Editor
Siv Lamark
Sound
Mark Glynne
Website
Contact
Norwegian Film Institute
Dronningens gate 16
0152 Oslo, Norway
[email protected]
2025
Norway, Netherlands, United States
78 min
Color
Mikal shares a shabby motel room with his parents, mired in poverty and substance abuse. Despite his troubled and chaotic family situation, the boy does well in school, is loved, and dreams of a better life. More than anything, Mikal wishes that his mother would stop drinking. But what conditions need to be in place for someone to truly change?
Directors' Biography
Monica Strømdahl is an international award-winning documentary stills photographer graduated from Falmouth College of Arts. In 2019, she won the 1st prize at the Norwegian Picture of The Year, and was nominated for the Leica Oscar Barnack Award (LOBA).
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