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CORRIDOR
Directed and written by Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm
Produced by Anita Oxburgh
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sweden 2010; Psycho-Thriller; original title “Isolerad”; 35mm colour; 80 minutes; aspect ratio
1:1,85; Dolby SRD; original language Swedish; available with English subtitles
Synopsis
Frank is an ambitious and single-minded medical student who has no friends. His finals are only
few days away and nothing must distract him. Nothing, and specially not Lotte, the girl who
has just moved into the flat above. Lotte tries to make friends with Frank. But he sees her only as an irritation, especially as the noise
from the couple’s lovemaking keeps him awake at night. Finally sleeplessness makes him lose
control…
One day Frank is mysteriously attacked in the corridor of his building. Lotte helps him and the
circumstances bring them closer. Their new friendship will not be without consequences. The
boyfriend suspects they are having an affair. He makes a threatening phone call to Frank and
brutally assaults Lotte, who runs down to Frank’s flat for help. But Frank, paralyzed with fear,
refuses to open his door. After this incident, there are no more sounds from the flat above. Frank is sure something terrible
has happened to Lotte. And when the boyfriend starts persecuting Frank, he finds himself caught
in a cat and mouse game in which his life is at stake.
DIRECTOR: JOHAN LUNDBORG
DIRECTOR: JOHAN STORM
JOHAN LUNDBORG Born 1977. Examined from the Film School
at Gothenburg University in 2003. Also attended FAMU in Prague
and before that studied Drama-Theater-Film at Lund University
and worked as assistant director at the Civic Theatre in Thessaloniki in Greece. He has written, shot and edited a number
of short films and made the award winning documentary MOVING ADULT CATS. His latest documentary, ROGER NILSSON’S
ENTERPRISE, will be screened on Swedish Television Autumn
2010. He wrote and directed the thirty minute short ROSENHILL
(together with Johan Storm), which won the Audience Award
for best short at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2009. Most recent
production is the psychological thriller CORRIDOR (Isolerad)
also co-written and co-directed with Johan Storm. The film will
be released in Sweden late 2010. Johan was also cinematographer on ROSENHILL and CORRIDOR.
JOHAN STORM Born 1978. Examined from the Film School at
Gothenburg University in 2003. He has written about film for the
magazine Filmkonst (Film Art) and Gothenburg Film Festival’s
daily ”Draken” and worked as film critic for the daily newspaper ”Arbetarbladet”. He worked as assistant manager at Davien Littlefield’s Management in New York and as a high school
teacher of film/tv/video. He has worked with script development and with casting for shorts and the feature film ”Offside”.
Just now he is making commercials and information films.
Filmography
2010
2008
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
2010
2009
2008
2005
2003
2002
2000
Corridor (aka Isolerad)
Roger Nilsson’s Enterprise, documentary
Rosenhill, short film
Moving Adult Cats, documentary
Isolated, short film
The Proud Matador, short fiction
Catch 116, short fiction
Sausage eats man, short fiction
Filmography
Corridor (aka Isolerad)
Rosenhill, short film
Behind the scenes of Saltön 2, documentary
Östgöta Brandstod, commercial
Behind the scenes of Offside, documentary
Koll, commercial
Alone and strong, short film
Hangover, short film
Cornflakes, short film
We’re looking at the man in the street, documentary
Digging Graves, short film
Directors´ Statement
Corridor is a psychological thriller about a medical student Frank. Frank is a successful student
with top results. He does not mix with the other students and is regarded as an outsider.
We think Frank is very different from the leading male roles we are used to seeing. He is asexual,
cowardly and definitely not macho. The challenge for us is to make the audience feel sympathy
for such an odd character, to follow and understand his actions.
We were both brought up by parents who are medics and have had some insight into that world.
Johan
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complete catastrophe. It is not until he manages to suppress his emotions that he regains control
Filmography
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is a film
that
takes its time to investigate room and character and to build up a tense
2010
(aka
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atmosphere
and
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accelerate
the tension. It is inspired by Hollywood 70s films such as The
2009
Roger Nilsson’s Enterprise, documentary
Exorcist, Rosenhill,
Rosemary’s
2008
shortBaby,
film Alien etc. which took time to establish their characters and communicateMoving
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universe. This makes us more emotionally involved in the fate that
2005
Adult of
Cats,
documentary
2003
Isolated, short film
befalls them.
2002
The Proud
Matador,
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very keen
on fiction
visual storytelling without too many words. Frank’s isolation makes
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world
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create anSausage
escalating
feeling of claustrophobia. Frank’s arena shrinks, as he gets more and more
drawn into the mystery of Lotte. He is completely alone.
The form we have chosen is stylised realism, where the camera moves between light and dark.
Together with Frank the camera investigates his surroundings, creeps along walls and faces and
strengthens the sense of identification with Frank. We have been very inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s ability to create suspense, Tom Tywker’s details and visual explorations and by Roman
Polanski’s fascination for isolated worlds.
The sound
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is very important.
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Filmography
2010
2008
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Corridor (aka Isolerad)
Rosenhill, short film
Behind the scenes of Saltön 2, documentary
Östgöta Brandstod, commercial
Behind the scenes of Offside, documentary
Koll, commercial
Alone and strong, short film
Hangover, short film
Cornflakes, short film
We’re looking at the man in the street, documentary
1999
Digging Graves, short film
Directors´ Statement
Corridor is a psychological thriller about a medical student Frank. Frank is a successful student
with top results. He does not mix with the other students and is regarded as an outsider.
We think Frank is very different from the leading male roles we are used to seeing. He is asexual,
cowardly and definitely not macho. The challenge for us is to make the audience feel sympathy
for such an odd character, to follow and understand his actions.
We were both brought up by parents who are medics and have had some insight into that world.
It attracts many dedicated and nice people, but there are those whose driving force is different.
For them the patient is less interesting than the illness and they are often more interested in social status and financial rewards. Such people inspired us for the Frank character.
We ask ourselves what individual qualities are rewarded in today’s society, where what you are
is more important than who you are. Humanism and empathy give way to efficiency and drive.
Qualities not just rewarded in business but also in areas providing care and protection.
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of them
we become
part of(aka
his subjective
experience.
Jukka Rintamäki’s
score is often more like
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music.
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psychological
thriller with a different kind of hero and a mix of black
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and social criticism.
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kind ofHess
film we like to watch and we hope to find the audience
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by Jared
that shares
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our taste.
The Brothers Grimm by Terry Gilliam
Constantine by Francis Lawrence
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Storm & Johan
2003
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Boys II by Michael Bay
2002 Minority Report by Steven Spielberg
Windtalkers by John Woo
Bad Company by Joel Schumacher
2000 Chocolat by Lasse Hallström
Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Triers
The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders
1999 8MM by Joel Schumacher
1998 The Big Lebowski by the Coen Brothers
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg
1996 Fargo by the Coen Brothers
EMIL JOHNSEN ( Frank )
EMIL JOHNSEN was born in 1978. He is Norwegian and studied acting at the Theatre School,
Gothenburg University and was examined in 2003. He has acted in a number of short films, many
TV productions and several feature films. He played a leading role in the recent film, Guidance,
directed by Johan Jonason. Emil met the directors of Corridor while he was studying in Gothenburg and played the male lead in Johan Lundborg’s exam film, Isolerad. Since 2003 he has also
been active on the stage at the National Theatre in Oslo, The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and Stockholm Civic Theatre.
YLVA GALLON ( Lotte )
YLVA GALLON was born in 1974. She studied acting at the Theatre School, Gothenburg University
and was examined in 2002. She has played the lead in a number of short films and participated
in two Swedish feature films before Corridor. Ylva got to know the directors of Corridor during
her acting training and played the female lead in Johan Lundborg’s exam film, ISOLERAD. Since
2002 she has also been very active on the stage primarily at the celebrated Gothenburg company,
Backa Teatern
CREDITS
DirecTOr, WriTer, eDiTOr
DirecTOr OF PHOTOGraPHY
PrODUcTiOn DeSiGn
MUSic
eXecUTiVe PrODUcerS
PrODUcTiOn cOMPanY
PrODUcer
Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm
Johan Lundborg
Erika Von Weissenberg
Jukka Rintamäki
Andrea Östlund
(Film IVäst) & Gunnar Carlsson (SVT)
Migma Film AB
Anita Oxburgh
CAST
Frank
LOTTe
Micke
LennY
ann
Emil Johnsen
Ylva Gallon
Peter Stormare
Örjan Landström
Margreth Weivers
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