A coming-of-age story about the blurred boundaries of consent
Best friends Laura and Alex set off on a summer Interrail adventure across Europe. After a night of partying in Warsaw, Laura wakes up naked in a stranger’s bed—and with no memory of what happened. As the two young Swedes couchsurf their way across Prague, Berlin, and Paris, fragments of that night return and Laura’s doubts mount, pushing her to confront her own limits in a quest for truth and self-discovery.
Fanny Ovesen’s vibrant coming-of-age debut relies on patient, attentive observation by letting emotional truth surface in small gestures. At the center of Live a Little is an intimate portrayal of female friendship, and Embla Ingelman-Sundberg’s breakout performance as Laura makes her a talent to watch.
“[Ingelman-Sundberg] comes off like a young Jean Seberg for our own century, especially, and very fittingly, in some beautifully tender Paris scenes.”
Jan Lumholdt Cineuropa 03/02/2025
Angelo Award for Best Film, Goteborg IFF 2025, 2025, se
Fanny OVESEN
Fanny Ovesen (b. 1990) is a Swedish filmmaker and screenwriter based in Oslo. After studying social and cultural sciences, she trained in directing at the Norwegian Film School. Her graduation film She-Pack (2018) screened widely on the festival circuit and won eleven prizes, including the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Short. Ovesen has since worked in film and television, developing projects that explore youth and emotional complexity through an observational style. Live a Little is her feature debut.
