IN THE SOIL
Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard. The following days turn into a living nightmare as the pit becomes a grave and the land, which has been in the family for generations, pulls Kjeld further and further down into the deep
Director: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen
Live-Action, Denmark, 2021
14:57 min | trailer
nominated for Best Short Film 20MINMAX 2021
Casper Rudolf Kjeldsen is a Danish director born in 1994.
His cinematic obsession is the grotesque and his films deal with the metaphysical and bizarre. As a director he has taken part of several international film festivals (Cannes Film Festival, RIFF, Odense Film Festival, Morbido Fest, Nightmares Film Festival and many others) with his short films: Red Lipstick, Blue Lips (2015), The Mare (2018), In the Soil (2021).
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IN THE SOIL
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