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Handling the Undead

Original title: Håndtering av udøde
  • 2024
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
4.7K
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Bente Børsum, Olga Damani, and Renate Reinsve in Handling the Undead (2024)
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
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On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them.On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them.On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them.

  • Director
    • Thea Hvistendahl
  • Writers
    • Thea Hvistendahl
    • John Ajvide Lindqvist
  • Stars
    • Bjørn Sundquist
    • Renate Reinsve
    • Dennis Østby Ruud
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    4.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Thea Hvistendahl
    • Writers
      • Thea Hvistendahl
      • John Ajvide Lindqvist
    • Stars
      • Bjørn Sundquist
      • Renate Reinsve
      • Dennis Østby Ruud
    • 59User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Bjørn Sundquist
    Bjørn Sundquist
    • Mahler
    Renate Reinsve
    Renate Reinsve
    • Anna
    Dennis Østby Ruud
    • Elias
    • (as Dennis Østry Ruud)
    Bente Børsum
    Bente Børsum
    • Tora
    Olga Damani
    Olga Damani
    • Elisabet
    Anders Danielsen Lie
    Anders Danielsen Lie
    • David
    Bahar Pars
    Bahar Pars
    • Eva
    Inesa Dauksta
    Inesa Dauksta
    • Flora
    Kian Hansen
    • Kian
    Jan Hrynkiewicz
    Jan Hrynkiewicz
    • Peter
    Hedda Munthe
    Hedda Munthe
    • Doctor Pinelli
    Anders Dybwad
    • Drowned
    Denise Trankalis
    • Colleague
    Emma Damskau
    Emma Damskau
    • Colleague
    John Ajvide Lindqvist
    John Ajvide Lindqvist
    • Mortician
    Andreas Cappelen
    Andreas Cappelen
    • Rabbit Vendor
    Monica Csango
    Monica Csango
    • Reporter
    • (voice)
    Anders Rønning
    • Police
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Thea Hvistendahl
    • Writers
      • Thea Hvistendahl
      • John Ajvide Lindqvist
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    User reviews59

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    5golfcruise

    Unique, but missing a key ingredient.

    In an already tired genre, Handling the Undead aims for a more contemplative and somber face than what we're used to with said genre. The standouts here being the music and atmosphere, one must think such a devotion to visuals would garner strong staying power, yet such was not the case. It's grief observed, through the lens of dark corridors and isolated pastures, asking the singular question, "if you had one more chance to talk to your loved one, what would you say?". Throughout the runtime I discovered the film wasn't exactly interested in exploring this question through a vessel or character of sorts, as it's practically nonexistent. In the end I was left starved, yearning for a connection. A film with a pulse that slowly fades into obscurity.
    3albert-225

    I don't know what it was

    First of all, I love what John Ajvide Lindqvist does. I read almost all of his books and every time it was a pure pleasure. However, he's very, very, extremely unlucky with the movie adaptations of his books. This particular movie... I don't know what it is and why it was made. For those who read the book it will be a torture, for those who didn't - just a dead-boring piece of crap.

    Also, I don't think anyone in the team had any idea of what they were doing. The meaning of the book was completely different, and I mean 100% different. Why is there the Satanic cross on the poster? What Satan has to do with this movie and with this book?
    7westonatthetaps

    When Genre and Category headings let you down..

    Your potential movie-watcher is likely to arrive at this expecting something different than it is; billed as a 'zombie horror' and written by John Ajvide Lindquist (it was his follow up novel to Let The Right One In). This is something quite different however.

    A bit more light is shed by being aware that this is Norway's entry to the Oscar for the Best International Film. Rather, it is a fairly slow-moving and tragic drama, though it does involve the dead reawakening. The measured pace is symbolic of the mood of the characters as they grieve. The film is, in effect, a triptych, concerning three families who have just lost loved ones. The cinematography is the highlight, and it is a fine achievement and a first break through feature for its director, Thea Hvistendahl.

    Its IMDb score is understandable as so many will stumble on this expecting something quite different; zombie films have jump scares and often dark humour, this is meditative and thought provoking, though it would have benefitted from a few lighter moments.
    2HypnoticPoison7

    Where was the movie?

    I had the chance to see this for the Sundance film festival. I wish I had chosen something else. Anything else. This was almost the slowest thing I'd ever seen, and I just followed it up by watching "The Stalker" by Tarkovsky, so when I say slow--I mean sloooooooow. At least Tarkovsky had a meaning and philosophy being told as part of the story for you to ponder during slow scenes. This movie left you wishing everyone in it would die a horrible interesting death because their lives were so monotonous. There wasn't a single likeable character besides the innocent Kian, and he had essentially no lines! In fact there was hardly any dialogue of any kind in the entire movie. Hardly anything happened at all, then when something sorta kinda does, it ends abruptly. I've got the book, and "Let the Right One In" is one of my favorite movies and books, so it's not as if I'm not the right demographic here. This just has nothing going for it. I regret the time spent on it, the money spent, and the hours of backlash I had to hear afterward from my husband who was equally upset by the time he so rarely gets being wasted watching nothing happen. Boring doesn't even begin to describe it. More like mind numbing. Don't say I didn't warn you.
    7aymannbasheer

    Slow, Poetic and Deep

    The film discusses the idea of death and how we deal with it as humans How pain largely lies in the loss and absence of the feelings we need Death is likened in the film to the absence of feelings How the absence of feelings in humans is extremely terrifying and sometimes even harmful How this makes a person feel dead and unwanted What distinguishes life are feelings and the ability to express them, such as love, joy, fear and pain...and losing them is like death What connects us as humans are mutual feelings How a person is willing to abandon the people closest to him if he lacks certain feelings towards him and we reviewed this concept in the film on three different levels childhood, maturity, and old age, and I think that this gave greater depth to the message that the film wanted to convey The pace of the film is slow but very poetic and the soundtrack is beautiful.

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    • Trivia
      For years Kristian Petri was attached to direct the film, being John Ajvide Lindqvist's preferred director. Ajvide Lindqvist wrote on his now defunct old official forum that the film was in development hell due to the production company he signed the rights to wanting to sell them to an American company rather than making the film themselves. Petri eventually gave up on the project and when the rights reverted to Ajvide Lindqvist he sold them to Einar Film.
    • Soundtracks
      The Moon is Awake
      • "Mah Bidareh"

      Written by Matin Peymani and Patricio Pock-Steen Fraile

      Performed by Soho Rezanejad

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    • Release date
      • February 9, 2024 (Norway)
    • Countries of origin
      • Norway
      • Sweden
      • Greece
      • Denmark
    • Official sites
      • Official Amazon Link
      • Official soundtrack CD
    • Language
      • Norwegian
    • Also known as
      • Справи із нежиттю
    • Filming locations
      • Oslo, Norway
    • Production companies
      • Anonymous Content Nordic
      • Einar Film
      • Film i Väst
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    • Budget
      • €4,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $26,208
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,470
      • Jun 2, 2024
    • Gross worldwide
      • $260,627
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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