Anja is, apparently, terminally ill from a brain tumour that metastasised from lung cancer. It would be hard to tell, since she suffers so lightly and with such great artistic depth. She claims to be greatly nauseous from the treatments, yet never does she deign to vomit. Viewers who have experience of this appalling disease will find it difficult to identify with the wealthy, comfortable way of dying represented here. Anja has immediate access by telephone and in person to the best surgeons in Norway. No doubt every other cancer patient has, too.

While the acting is first rate - the uneasy relationship between Anja and her partner Tomas (22 years older, if the actors' ages are taken) is portrayed fairly successfully - the insulated lifestyle they and their family enjoy is never interrogated, just taken for granted. At the end, one would never have thought Tomas and Anja's relationship was anything other than perfect. And, naturally, it's a fade to black before Anja, head still strangely unshaven, is wheeled into the operating theatre for her life-extending procedure.

Only the wealthy can afford to suffer so elegantly.

A truely great and emotional movie. Excellently written and directed. From the first Minute you get captured by the characters and care for their fate. The film challenges its audience with many Questions and you Keep thinking how you would react or behave in those certain situations. The acting is stellar. Andrea Braein Hovig is absolutely fantastic and owns the film on her shoulders. She gets fantastic support by Stellan Skarsgard whose Performance works best through his silent Moments. Definitely a film that keeps you on the Edge of your seat for the whole 2 Hours. A Little Swedish masterpiece that hopefully get wider Attention in the future, because it deserves it. Little sidenote, the film is half way autobiographical what gives it an even more Special touch.