Bergen, Norway

In Bergen, Norway, Alexia Roc takes us on an emotional and geographical journey where the intimacy of memory intertwines with virtual depersonalization. A woman, haunted by a traumatic event, begins an online search for the exact address of her aggressor—a location saved on her phone. The film poignantly and unsettlingly explores memory through a quest to reconstruct a traumatic incident, supported by technological tools. The physical space of Bergen overlaps with its digital cartography, becoming a site of confrontation for the protagonist and her psychological scars.

Through minimalist yet impactful narration, Roc captures the lingering anxiety of trauma. The city, depicted in black and white, becomes a fragmented relic of memory, with its building facades as distorted and blurred as the fragments of her past. The virtual process, where humans are reduced to computerized and anonymous representations, intensifies the sense of distance and disconnection from lived reality. Bergen, Norway is an introspective work, where technology seems to offer both a path to healing and a reminder of the impossibility of uncovering a definitive, salvific truth.

Laurence Gagné-Frégeau
Assistant General Manager
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