Low Expectations

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Eivind LANDSVIK

Quinzaine 2026 | Feature film | 105 min

Film in competition for the Caméra d'Or Award | World premiere

At the height of her music career, Maja falls apart and has to step away from her ambitions. Depressed and broke, she moves back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school. Far from the spotlight, wrapped in everyday kindness, she slowly finds her way back to life.

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Contacts

With

Marie Ulven (Maja),
Anders Danielsen Lie (Johannes),
Tone Mostraum (Astrid),
Embla Berntsen (Aida),
Snorre Kind Monsson (Oscar),
Clara Dessau (Caroline)

Photography

Andreas Bjørseth

Production design

Sunniva Rostad

Music

Frederikke Hoffmeier,
Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg

Screenplay

Eivind Landsvik

Sound

Gisle Tveito,
Kristoffer Endresen

Editing

Patrick Larsgaard

Eivind Landsvik is a Norwegian writer and director. He began his filmmaking career by directing music videos, developing a sensitive visual style that later translated into fiction. His short film Sofia, Last Summer won the Norwegian Film Critics Award, and Tits premiered in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes, subsequently traveling to more than a hundred festivals worldwide.

Screenings in Cannes

05/19 at 08:45 - Théâtre Croisette

05/19 at 21:15 - Théâtre Croisette

05/20 at 11:00 - Cinéma Le Raimu

05/20 at 22:30 - Cinéma Les Arcades / Salle 1

Low Expectations

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Eivind LANDSVIK

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Album Low Expectations