There's a kind of person who would rather be pitied than ignored, and Sick of Myself builds an entire pitch-black comedy out of how far one of them will go to be noticed.
What is Sick Of Myself about?
Signe and Thomas are a couple who compete rather than support each other, and the balance of that competition tips hard when Thomas starts gaining real recognition as a contemporary artist. Rather than step back, Signe looks for her own way to matter. What she lands on is drastic, self-destructive, and — in the film's telling — darkly funny: a scheme built around inventing a new version of herself, one designed to pull sympathy and attention away from Thomas and toward her, whatever the personal cost. The 2022 Norwegian production, a co-production with France and Sweden, watches Signe commit to this new identity with escalating conviction even as the people around her start to notice something is very wrong. It's less a character study of one bad decision than a portrait of what happens when a person decides being seen matters more than anything else.
About the cast
Kristine Kujath Thorp carries the film as Signe opposite Eirik Sæther's Thomas, with Fanny Vaager, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Sarah Francesca Brænne, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Ingrid Vollan and Andrea Bræin Hovig filling out the circle of friends, gallery contacts and bystanders who orbit the couple's unraveling relationship.
Context & significance
Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, Sick of Myself sits in the same territory as the sharpest Scandinavian social satire — pointed at art-world vanity and the modern hunger for attention without ever softening into a message movie. Its blend of drama and comedy earned it a strong reception, with an IMDb rating that places it well above average for the genre, and its 97-minute runtime keeps the escalation tight rather than drawn out.
Watching Sick Of Myself on Ktime
Sick of Myself is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so you can watch with Farsi audio or follow the original Norwegian and English dialogue with Farsi text on screen. Streaming requires only a free K-Time account login — the platform is built Farsi-first for Persian-speaking viewers everywhere.