Vidar Dahl

Changing Hands is a poetic and tender film about the long way home after a weekend with dad.

One day, the 11-year old chemical prodigy and boy wonder Frederik gets a substitute teacher with ultra-liberal educational methods on her mind.

Lyder has to go to the dentist to pull out a wisdom tooth. Whilst in the dentist chair, old memories pop up and Lyder sees the need to act, once and for all.

Psykodramaterapauten Solveig comes to the secluded island "Nidøy" for trying out their methods on the island's amateur theater company. A seemingly simple task is shaping up to be a trip to the 'self' - and the beginning of a surreal, metaphysical and very Jungian trills fable.

A totally ordinary Wednesday. A life in stasis. Forgotten memories and a momentous experience.