HAPPINESS ON FUNEN

Michelle har ikke noget imod at gå med tørklæde, hvis hun skulle rejse til Iran. Hun er født og opvokset i Danmark og har haft et helt andet liv end hendes iranske mor og mormor. De er begge meget kritiske overfor at dække sig til efter ordre. Michelles mor flygtede til Danmark som 21 årig og drømte om at få et liv ligesom danskerne i deres fredelige parcelhuse. To år efter fulgte Hildas forældre, mormor og lillebror. Men livet i de trygge rammer i Danmark blev ikke helt, som de drømte om. Instruktion: Anna Elisabeth Jessen, Foto: Lars Schou, Lyd: Mikkel Sørensen Klip: Boaz Heller. Producer: Ulrik Gutkin. varighed: 43 min.

Michelle would not mind wearing a scarf if she had to go to Iran. She is born and bred in Denmark and she has led a life very different from that of her Iranian mother and grandmother. Nobody is going to tell them to cover up their hair! Michelle’s mother, Hilda, fled to Denmark when she was 21 in pursuit of a life like the one the Danes live in their peaceful single-family houses. Two years after, Hilda’s parents, grandmother and little brother followed her to Denmark, but life did not quite turn out the way they hoped.

The documentary was broadcast on DR1 in 2015 and has been supported by: 

The A.P. Moeller Foundation, the Velux Foundation, Jorcks Foundation, the Frimodt-Heinike Foundation og the DSI Foundation.

Director: Anna Elisabeth Jessen

Producer: Ulrik Gutkin

Cinematographer: Lars Schou

Editor: Boaz Heller

Sound Editing: Mikkel Sørensen