In the Swedish wilderness, William lives his life hidden in a foil-encased bedroom and beneath layers of copper-lined fabric due to a little-understood condition known as electrosensitivity. With his only human contact coming from his hopeful parents, a priest, and a psychologist, William wonders about the future. Marie Lidén’s sensitive documentary paints an empathetic portrait of loneliness and isolation — and a loving family’s efforts to save their son.

Reviews

‘Lidén sidesteps the medical science around this somewhat contested disease, instead adopting a creative, dreamily poetic approach to evoking William’s lonely existence.’
★★★★
Wendy Ide, The Observer

‘Surprisingly moving image of a disconnected life.’
★★★★
Billie Walker, Little White Lies