Trailer:
After ten years of marriage, Birgit is confronted with the ultimate betrayal. Her younger husband, Hanus, has left her and moved in with a new and younger woman, Maria. Hanus is the kind of man everyone falls for – charming, magnetic, and with a particular power over women. Even those he has left behind remain emotionally entangled in his invisible web.
Despite having emotionally and financially betrayed them, Hanus manages to maintain control. He returns whenever it suits him – including sexually – and the women let him.
In a car parked in a lot in Tórshavn, everything comes to a head. In a claustrophobic space between car seats, love, power and humiliation collide in a moment of raw emotional reckoning.
"Don't Feel Sorry For Me" is a powerful psychological drama about losing one’s footing and dignity when love dies. The ending is open: Is Birgit’s breakdown a total collapse – or the first, fragile step toward freedom and human dignity?
Director Statement
"The purpose of this project is to create a short film about divorce, a very common phenomenon in the Faroe Islands today, but one that is rarely depicted in this way on film. In this case, the woman is at least 20 years older than the man, which is a taboo in the Faroe Islands and carries a significant social stigma and is not common within the film industry at all".
About the Director.
Eir í Ólavsstovu has worked in film and television for more than 35 years, working across fiction and documentary for both children and adults.
She has collaborated with some of the Faroe Islands’ most renowned artists, creating Christmas calendars, documentaries, fiction films, portraits, TV programs, and music videos – always marked by depth, presence, and strong storytelling.
