Homesick

Charlotte is a young woman who meets the older man she learns is her brother for the first time as an adult. That meeting turns into a closeness without the usual limits, a series of encounters where affection and need override social rules. Neither sibling has a clear model for family life, so they invent their own rhythms and roles, testing the edges of what family can look like. The film watches their relationship up close, showing how longing and loneliness can shape behavior, and how two people can try to stitch together a sense of belonging in ways that make others uncomfortable, without revealing how things end.

Directed by Anne Sewitsky and created from a story by Ragnhild Tronvoll, Homesick premiered in 2015 as a Norwegian drama. The cast is led by Ine Marie Wilmann as Charlotte and Simon J. Berger as Henrik, with Silje Storstein and Anneke von der Lippe in supporting roles.

Critical response was mixed, reflected in a modest audience score around 5.3 out of 10. Reviewers tended to note strong, risky performances while debating the film's handling of taboo subject matter. The movie focuses on yearning, boundary crossing, intimate power dynamics, and the human need for connection, asking uncomfortable questions rather than offering easy answers.

At home in arthouse venues and festival programs, the film stirred conversation about how cinema represents forbidden relationships and emotional dependency. Viewers and critics disagreed over whether its frankness was illuminating or unsettling, and several performances were singled out as intense and affecting. Homesick has since been referenced in discussions about Scandinavian dramas that test social taboos.

Homesick saw a limited theatrical run, finding most of its audience through festivals and specialty screenings rather than wide commercial release. There are no widely reported international box office figures, and its commercial impact remained modest while its provocative subjects kept it visible in niche film circles.