BREAK OF DAY

It's morning. The three characters begin their day: they brush their teeth, the mother slips an apple into their daughter Frida's backpack before she leaves for school. They organize their day, deciding who will do the grocery shopping and who will pick Frida up after school. In the evening, they put away the groceries, have dinner, do homework, and enjoy cookies and coffee on the sofa.

Another morning. The same routine—and yet, something has changed. Roads collapse, preventing Frida from getting to school. Her father faces an unexpected crisis at work that threatens his career. Her mother loses her job, and with it, all sense of direction in her life.

Everything culminates in an explosion. In the distance, a house is burning. The three run to help, as if they were trying to save not only others, but also their own collapsing world.

The next morning, when they returned home, they found a humanitarian aid box filled with food on their doorstep. They sat down at the table and ate in silence, as if laying the foundations for a new routine in a world in ruins.

A war, a natural disaster, or perhaps some invisible crisis destroys the outside world, and the echoes of this disintegration seep ever deeper into the relationships between the three. What at first resembled an absurd, almost comical repetition – so characteristic of Fredrik Brattberg's style – gradually transforms into a dull and oppressive anxiety.