"No moment of peace before everything is over."
Nisse’s wife Leila has just died but he feels he’s done enough mourning. Friends and family are overrun by Nisse who just wants the funeral to be over and done with. No fuss and no mourning here! Nisse demands to be left alone. So, there he is, with the only thing remaining – the sorrow. Nisse grows to understand that even a deep loss is no excuse to eliminate everyone and everything.
Peik Stenberg
Nisse
Lena Labart
Elsa
Martin Paul
Stefan
Sara Arnia
Brita
Jonas Bergqvist
Priest
Kent Sjöman
Funeral home worker
Stan Saanila
Graveyard worker
Lena Gärkman
Anna Hultin
Nisse’s wife Leila has just died but he feels he’s done enough mourning. Friends and family are overrun by Nisse who just wants the funeral to be over and done with. No fuss and no mourning here! Nisse demands to be left alone. So, there he is, with the only thing remaining – the sorrow. Nisse grows to understand that even a deep loss is no excuse to eliminate everyone and everything.
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