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Summary
The documentary is a portrait of an artist and a portrait of a deadly disease. Lene Marie Fossen was a gifted photographer who suffered from severe anorexia. Self Portrait is a film about the power of art and survival, but it also raises important questions about what treatment one who suffers from severe anorexia needs.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 75GoodWatch 75
IMDb7.8
Letterboxd · 512 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −16 min on the typical 96
typical 9680Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2020
January 17, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Norwegian
Original language
Also spoken
GreekEnglishArabicMade in
- Norway
Directing · 3
- Katja Høgset Director, Writer
- Espen Wallin Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- Margreth Olin Director, Writer, Producer
Camera · 2
- Øystein Mamen Director of Photography
- Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Helge Billing Editor
- Raymond Gangstad Colorist
Sound · 5
- Susanne Sundfør Original Music Composer
- Håkon Lammetun Sound Designer
- Magnus Haukaas Sound Editor
- Vegard Ronæss Soldal Sound Recordist
- Jens Mathias Falkenberg Sound
Other crew · 2
- Thomas Robsahm Thanks
- Milla Olin Thanks
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