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Flophouse America

Director

Monica Strømdahl

Producers

Beathe Hofseth

Siri Natvik

Cinematographer

Monica Strømdahl

Editor

Siv Lamark

Sound

Mark Glynne

Website

Website

Contact

Norwegian Film Institute
Dronningens gate 16
0152 Oslo
[email protected]
+47 22 47 45 00

Flophouse America Flophouse America Flophouse America Flophouse America

2025

Norway, Netherlands, United States

78 min

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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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