Birthday Girl

“A night of celebration becomes a nightmare.”

A mother and daughter board a cruise ship for a birthday celebration in the open sea. When a violent assault fractures their bond, Nanna (Trine Dyrholm) and her daughter Cille (Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl) become trapped in the ship's narrow corridors with the man responsible, unable to escape or speak of what happened. Noer builds the dread through confined spaces and long silences, letting the camera linger on the weight of their shared trauma.