Life in a Year

Life in a Year distills the urgency and poignancy of a terminal diagnosis into a relentless countdown. Seventeen-year-old Max races against time to cram a lifetime of experiences into his girlfriend Tess’s final year. Director Kristoffer Nyholm navigates this emotionally charged premise with a focus on the quotidian and the fleeting, capturing the bittersweet joy and despair of living on borrowed time. The film’s claustrophobic intimacy amplifies the weight of each moment, underscoring the impossibility of living an entire life in a year.