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Storyline

24-year-old Jacob Nossell is really bright, but he does not fit the typical idea of the perfect life. Jacob is living with cerebral palsy, a congenital physical disability. In addition to affecting his speech, it causes muscle cramps and stiffness. His words run together when he speaks and his movements are limited. With a normal intellect in a weakened body, Jacob is the embodiment of the dilemma of normality - he is too disabled to be truly accepted by society and too normal to accept his own fate. Therefore Jacob has decided to stage a performance at the Royal Danish Theatre (Human Phase-out), and put matters straight once and for all. He will do away with normality as defined by the majority.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Copenhagen International Documentary Festival 2015
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2015
DocPoint - Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2016
Göteborg International Film Festival 2016
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2016

DOK.fest München 2016
Main award
Millennium Docs Against Gravity (Warsawa) 2016
Zwierciadlo Award

Releases

Denmark (7 of October 2015)