Babycall (2011)

Director:

Pål Sletaune

Writer:

Pål Sletaune

Release Date:

24 July 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

After a baby monitor picks up another channel, Anna begins reliving the nightmare she'd recently escaped.

Plot Keywords:

Stabbing | Delusional | Mother Son Relationship | Electronics Store | Overprotective Mother

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Noomi Rapace	...	Anna
Kristoffer Joner	...	Helge
Vetle Qvenild Werring	...	Anders
Stig R. Amdam	...	Ole
Maria Bock	...	Grete
Torkil Johannes Swensen Høeg	...	Anders sin venn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bjørn Moan	...	Nabo
Henrik Rafaelsen	...	Lege

Directed by
Pål Sletaune

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pål Sletaune

Produced by
Karl Baumgartner	....	co-producer
Anna Croneman	....	co-producer
Turid Øversveen	....	producer

Original Music by
Fernando Velázquez

Cinematography by
John Andreas Andersen

Film Editing by
Jon Endre Mørk

Production Design by
Roger Rosenberg

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Philip Hallre Sivertsen	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Daniela Füssel	....	set dresser
Olivier Marcouiller	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Peter Albrechtsen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bent Erik Holm	....	foley recordist
Bent Erik Holm	....	sound effects editor
Peter Mendonca	....	dolby sound consultant
Jacques Pedersen	....	dialogue mixer
Tormod Ringnes	....	supervising sound editor
Ketil Ronold	....	boom operator
Espen Rønning	....	dialogue editor
Christian Schaanning	....	sound designer
Christian Schaanning	....	supervising sound editor
Morten Solum	....	sound engineer
Erik S. Watland	....	foley artist
Erik S. Watland	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Olve Askim	....	matte painter

Visual Effects by
Olve Askim	....	matte painter
Robert Brenner	....	telecine operator
Raymond Gangstad	....	film scanning
Kjetil Haugen	....	online editor

Stunts
Pål Morten Hverven	....	stunt coordinator
Kai Kolstad Rødseth	....	assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Eirik Holst Aagård	....	focus puller
Martin Bourgund	....	gaffer
Christiane Buchmann	....	second assistant camera
Anders Eide	....	key grip
J. Paul Fahle	....	grip
Amund Lie	....	underwater technician
Pål Ulvik Rokseth	....	second assistant camera
Knut Westad	....	grip

Casting Department
Andrea Eckerbom	....	casting assistant
Tusse Lande	....	casting: Sweden

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michaela Hillbrand	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Julien Alary	....	colorist
Janus Billeskov Jansen	....	editing consultant
Raymond Gangstad	....	conform
Eivind Kise	....	assistant editor
Espen Skjørdal	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	contractor
Jessica Dannheisser	....	additional orchestration, copyist
Henrik Hawor	....	music supervisor
Johan Husvik	....	music supervisor
Marc Blanes Matas	....	score engineer
Marc Blanes Matas	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Michele Finocchiaro	....	personal driver
Tino Pavlis	....	personal driver: Noomie Rapace

Other crew
Per Henry Borch	....	location scout
Dirk Eberling	....	location manager
Tobias Hofmann	....	assistant set manager
Aslaug Konradsdottir	....	script supervisor
Peter Nordahl-Hansen	....	production coordinator
Jonas Røyem Ny	....	marketing coordinator
Maja Storbekken	....	production assistant
Mona Rezazadeh Wishkahi	....	assistant set manager

Thanks
Hans Petter Moland	....	thanks
Christoph Ott	....	thanks

Production Companies

• 4 1/2 Film
• Pandora Filmproduktion (co-production)
• BOB Film Sweden AB (co-production)

Distributors

• Jour2Fête (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group (2011) (USA) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (all media)
• NFP Marketing & Distribution (2012) (Germany) (all media)
• Nomad Film Distribution (2012) (Italy) (all media)
• SF Norge A/S (2011) (Norway) (all media)
• Soda Pictures (2012) (UK) (all media)

Other Companies

• Eurimages  funding
• Herold Studios  German dubbing
• Hessen Invest  funding

Also Known As:

"The Monitor" - USA (imdb display title)
"Ölümün Sesi" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Epitiritis morou" - Greece (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Norway | Germany | Sweden

Language:

Norwegian | Swedish | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:15 | Germany:12 | USA:R

Company:

4 1/2 Film

How far would you go for the ones you love?

This is the tag-line of much awaited new film from Pål Sletaune (behind the great films "Naboer", "Amatørene" and "Budbringeren") is starring Noomi Rapace and Kristoffer Joner. Seven years since "naboer" or in English "next door", we get a film with similar ideas - a look into disturbed or distorted minds.

Single mother Anna moves with her 8 year old son to a big flat with secret address outside Oslo to get away from her violent husband. Anna is scared stiff that they will be found, and is under heavy watch by a couple of child care workers. She get's the idea of buying a baby call so that her son doesn't have to sleep in her bed, only to find that the baby call picks up another troubled child somewhere in the flat. Anna is really on the edge, and maybe her imagination is playing her as well!?

This psychological thriller goes under your skin in the sympathy for Anna and the other troubled minds in this film. You want her to relax, but still understand how difficult it is when you trust no one.

Really great play by Rapace. She gets under your skin. The film is slow paced in a couple of periods, only to speed up at times, just as real life would be in such a situation. The film is not like you think it will be, so this is not your standard thriller. I still think I'd like another ending to this, though maybe not happy...

Well Sletaune can put another great film under his belt. Always worthwhile and interesting to get sucked into his stories. Well done!