About The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
| Title: | The Remarkable Life of Ibelin |
|---|---|
| Original Title: | Ibelin |
| Plot: | The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death. |
| Cast: | Mats Steen, Robert Steen, Trude Steen, Mia Steen, Kelsey Ellison, Thomas Stene-Johansen |
| Director: | Benjamin Ree |
| Cinematography: | Tore Vollan |
| Editor: | Robert Stengård |
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Rahul Desai
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The Hollywood Reporter India
The Retroactive Stillness Of Grief
Director Benjamin Ree uses the investigative form of a true-crime drama. Except, the twist in this documentary is that the victim was actually a survivor — the grand revelation is life, not death
Benjamin Ree’s The Remarkable Life of Ibelin starts off as a documentary about death. We see the tombstone of Mats Steen, a Norwegian boy whose body and soul were at war. A mix of VHS footage and family interviews then reveals that Mats had duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a degenerative disease that reduced his 25 years to a hellish survival story. His mind yearned for the momentum his muscles never had. Subsequent clips show his body shrinking on landmarks and vacations, the end inching closer.