Berook

Berook is an animated short documentary with a 20 minute duration. It depicts a man in his fifties (Berook) whose life as a homeless person in Stockholm＇s inner city is largely characterized by a search for identity.This search is rooted in not knowing who his biological mother is. A black hole in Berook’s life that is a contributing factor to his life going downhill.The film wants to shed light on alienation. A sense of frustration and loneliness to be able to relate to.The audio in the film consists of recorded phone calls and filmed interviews with Berook.Here he talks about his everyday life as a homeless person, as well as what it was like to come as an adopted four-year-old from Ethiopia to Sweden in the mid-70s.The animations in the film captures a "fictive Stockholm" and Berook＇s everyday life in this town.This is Andreas Johansson debut film.