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Don’t Call Me Mama

Don’t Call Me Mama

Don’t Call Me Mama

Dir. Nina Knag
105 min

A tense and surprisingly subversive debut drama that will make you wonder what would you do in the protagonist’s place, Don’t Call Me Mama looks at power imbalances and difficult choices. Eva (the superb Pia Tjelte), a popular high school teacher and wife to the town's mayor (Kristoffer Joner), faces the ultimate test when she falls in love with a young asylum seeker (Tarek Zayat), sparking a forbidden relationship with shattering consequences for them both. –AS

Film Details

Festival Programs & Themes: Breakthrough, Films by Women, Midnight Sun
Film Type: Fiction Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 105 min
Country/Region: Norway
Language: Norwegian, Danish, English, Arabic
Print Source: Norwegian Film Institute
Tags: Best of Fest, Drama, Immigrant Experiences, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Programs: Best of Fest MSPIFF45, SEE ALL MSPIFF45 FILMS

Cast/Crew

Director: Nina Knag
Producer: Elénore Anselme, Ingrid Skagestad
Cinematographer: Alvilde Horjen Naterstad
Screenwriter: Nina Knag, Kathrine Valen Zeiner
Editor: Vidar Flataukan
Composer: Olav Røyrhus Øyehaug
Principal Cast: Pia Tjelta, Tarek Zayat, Kristoffer Joner, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen