- #Movie with lots of snakes in the deserr movie#
- #Movie with lots of snakes in the deserr professional#
It states in the film that Ingrid's mother was a WWII boat refugee from the Baltics. If you look, for example, at how men portray a woman giving birth, it's mostly ridiculous – giving birth is never easy! I was even annoyed by Almodovar's latest film, "Parallel Mothers", in which two women who had just given birth acted as if their bodies and spirits had not given birth, with no postpartum complications, sleepless nights or maternal naturalism at all. Maybe men don't quite know this type of character. It would have been a cliche that many male directors unfortunately recreate. I tried to avoid creating a calculating career woman who can often be found in movies.
#Movie with lots of snakes in the deserr professional#
KK: On the film set, we even joked that Ingrid has two main strains: there's the professional journalist Ingrid, who captures seemingly appalling situations neutrally and coldly, and on the other hand, Ingrid is a woman, sensitive and vulnerable. I haven't worked as a journalist, but Kadri has, so I tried to listen carefully to Kadri's advice. Ingrid is very close to life, and it was important for me to understand what Kadri wants to communicate with Ingrid's character. I wrote the screenplay "Deserted" at the age of 33 and started filming at the age of 40.įrida, what did you think of Ingrid the journalist's character after reading the "Deserted" screenplay?įW: I sensed that Ingrid's character is extremely important to Kadri and that her role is written from the heart. However, Ingrid's character as my alter ego from ten years ago is very clearly visible in the film – a woman, who longed to have a child whilst having unstable relationships.
#Movie with lots of snakes in the deserr movie#
It seems dramatic that it took ten years to produce a film, but this is relatively common in the movie world. If anything, the funding process dragged on, I also worked in parallel on the film "Mother" and a couple of other projects, then there was the Covid pandemic. Retrospectively, focusing more on the desert story has been beneficial. This helps the actor to develop the role. Tarkovsky has said that the story of the character can go beyond what we see on the screen. Originally, I planned to show Ingrid's everyday life in Sweden to introduce her character more. The changes were coercive and mainly due to the loss of funding. KK: The main plot was present in the initial screenplay.
Kadri, you wrote the initial version of the screenplay in 2012 – that's ten years ago! Why was the journey from screenplay to film so long? Did you have to make any changes in the screenplay? The desert also has a role in the film – the desert is almost the third leading character. When we began filming in Jordan, I was asked if I had seen the "Messiah" because it was filmed there – I then experienced a spiritual recognition that I was in the right place! I had been to the Moroccan desert before, and it matched how Kadri and I felt spiritually and emotionally about the essence of the desert. The "Deserted" screenplay visually reminded me of what I saw in the "Messiah" series. I have mainly performed as a theater actor, but I've also played roles in television and films.įrida, what were your thoughts and emotions when Kadri and the film producers suddenly contacted you?įW: I was happy and very surprised! Having previously watched Netflix's "Messiah" series, also filmed in Jordan, I felt that this was the location where I wanted to be. After graduation, I worked in various theaters in Stockholm. I went to a theater school, where I studied for four years. That's how I discovered my love for the theater and decided to study acting further. So, I started taking theater classes to overcome my fear of performing on stage. As a young person, I wanted to become a musician – a pianist – which I studied for, but I had a lot of stage fear. The Estonian cinema audience doesn't know Frida Westerdahl! Tell us about yourself: when did you start acting, and what was your career before the movie "Deserted"?įW: I've been acting all my adult life. There were other candidates for Ingrid's role, but I knew instinctively that Ingrid's role belonged to Frida.
Eventually, we met at the casting in Stockholm. I then searched for her contacts and sent her an e-mail introducing myself, the film project and requested a meeting in Stockholm. I wondered who this pleasant woman was she looked so beautiful, and radiated warmth and emotion. KK: Initially, I noticed a photo of Frida on a Swedish theater's website. Kadri Kõusaar, your latest feature film "Deserted" showcases many talented international actors to Estonian cinemagoers, how did you discover Swedish actor Frida Westerdahl who performs the protagonist photojournalist Ingrid?
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