Imagine if Louis Theroux or Morgan Spurlock one day started to investigate their own family history and stumbled across a very dark family secret? That is exactly what Simon Moser has done in this shortfilm documentary when he discovers that two distant relatives might have been the first in Sweden to discover the sunken ship Vasa.
This ship sank 10 august 1628 and was recovered in 1961, but as Moser discovers this may not be true. Moser, portrays himself as loser, he has no real job and he is related to talented Swedish celebrities.
Among them Jens Lapidus, famous Swedish crime writer, who wrote the Novel "Snabba Cash" that was made into the movie Snabba Cash/Easy Money (2010). And Moser is also apparently related to actor Robert Sjöblom.
With family connections like these there is no wonder Moser really wants this story to be true. But as he slowly realizes, underneath the surface it just not treasures that are hidden but also the truth.
Exactly what I'm not going to divulge here but just say things don't work out as planned.
This shortfilm documentary took me by surprise since I hadn't heard anything about it beforehand and Moser and his co director Idji MacIel clearly has skills. With a good voice over from Moser, editing, this short becomes a tragicomic look on human endeavor, quest for adventure and also a story about fame.
Highly recommended, because of it's unusual subject, tone and also the films discussion about fame and what it does to us.
This ship sank 10 august 1628 and was recovered in 1961, but as Moser discovers this may not be true. Moser, portrays himself as loser, he has no real job and he is related to talented Swedish celebrities.
Among them Jens Lapidus, famous Swedish crime writer, who wrote the Novel "Snabba Cash" that was made into the movie Snabba Cash/Easy Money (2010). And Moser is also apparently related to actor Robert Sjöblom.
With family connections like these there is no wonder Moser really wants this story to be true. But as he slowly realizes, underneath the surface it just not treasures that are hidden but also the truth.
Exactly what I'm not going to divulge here but just say things don't work out as planned.
This shortfilm documentary took me by surprise since I hadn't heard anything about it beforehand and Moser and his co director Idji MacIel clearly has skills. With a good voice over from Moser, editing, this short becomes a tragicomic look on human endeavor, quest for adventure and also a story about fame.
Highly recommended, because of it's unusual subject, tone and also the films discussion about fame and what it does to us.