Bård Breien
Introduction '''Bård Breien''' (born 28 November 1971) is a Norwegian film director.
Debut - ''The Art of Negative Thinking'' Breien's first feature film as director was the 2007 movie ''The Art of Negative Thinking'', a dark comedy about adjusting to life in a wheel chair and socializing with other people who have disabilities. The film won Breien a Crystal Globe award for best director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The movie's main character is despondent about his predicament in a wheelchair "and spends much of his time drinking, smoking pot and watching Vietnam War movies". ''The Art of Negative Thinking'' has been shown at numerous international film festivals and a ''Variety'' article described it as being about a "therapy rebellion".
See also *Norwegian films of the 2000s
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