Little Axel

Norway2021documentary53'Międzynarodowy konkurs filmów dokumentalnych (2022)

His childhood in archival photos and films looks like great Greek holidays: paradisial views, the hippie atmosphere of freedom and charismatic Leonard Cohen, who was a partner of Marianne, Axel’s mother, for many years. How did it happen that this sweet, fair-haired boy, spent a big part of his life in psychiatric hospitals and today he is a human wreck? We watch Axle’s past through his eyes – exciting and traumatic in equal measure. Revising official biographies and artistic legends, the documentary confronts us with the facts that have remained concealed until now.