Low Expectations
Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
Low Expectations
Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2026
Original language: Norwegian
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Directed by: Eivind Landsvik
Country: Norway, Denmark
Year of production: 2026
Length: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama
At the height of her music career, Maja falls apart and has to step away from her ambitions. Depressed and broke, she moves back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school. Far from the spotlight, wrapped in everyday kindness, she slowly finds her way back to life.
Credits
Eivind Landsvik – Director
Eivind Landsvik – Script
Casting
Marie Ulven
Anders Danielsen Lie
Tone Mostraum
Embla Berntsen
Snorre Kind Monsson
Clara Dessau
