THE TESTAMENT OF OLIVER

“About half of all mentally ill have a dual diagnosis and suffer from a psychiatric diagnosis as well as an addiction. They need integrated treatment to get better.In Denmark more than 25.000 have a dual diagnosis - but the mental health system only offers 72 beds.”

Oliver is one of these many.

When Oliver returns from the psychiatric hospital Sct. Hans, everything looks good and he begins to plan his future. His dream is a wife and children, and he rebuilds his filthy apartment for that girlfriend he hopes to find online. But his friend Jessica is skeptical. Because Oliver has a dual diagnosis; he drinks in order to handle his psychiatric problems and has earlier been lying delusionally in a pile of empty beer bottles. Now, he must not take one wrong step. The road towards the life he is dreaming of is a knife-edge between two abysses – and the costs to the safety net have been cut.

Five star review in Danish newspaper Politiken here <3

A nurse wrote this touching review and called THE TESTAMENT OF OLIVER t well told, beautiful and harsh and urged all to see it.

PROJECT

Title: The Testament of Oliver
Director: Jessica Nielsson
Producer: Jesper Jack
Cinematography: Jessica Nilsson, Oliver Juvonen-Peel, Marie Skovgaard, Camilla Arlien Søborg, Ida Mathilde Karlsson
Editor: Biel Andrés
Sound: Bobby Hess
Cast: Oliver Juvonen-Peel, Jessica Nilsson
Duration: 58
Partners: Danish Broadcasting Corporation