Above the Knee (2025)

Amir (co-writer Freddy Singh) is obsessed with his left leg. Or rather, he's obsessed with having it removed, as he's convinced it's rotting and that he would be better off without it. On television he sees an interview with Rikke (Louise Waage Anda), a sufferer of Body Identity Dysmorphia, a condition in which individuals feel they should have been born blind despite being able to see (as in Rikke's case) or that they should be lacking a limb or other body part.

Having just gone back to work after being off sick due to what was thought to be a suicide attempt (but was actually a drunken attempt to saw his own leg off) Amir skives off to meet with Rikke and soon he's making plans to rid himself of his unwanted appendage, possibly with the unwitting assistance of his work colleague who likes rock climbing.

Directed and co-written by Viljar Bøe, who gave us Frightfest 2023's excellent twisted Inside No.9-style GOOD BOY, ABOVE THE KNEE offers us in Amir a central character whose life would actually be better if he could just be honest with his boss and his girlfriend and ask for help instead of fobbing them both off with excuses while indulging in time with Rikke. It's a concept that could easily have been played more for laughs but Boe keeps everything dead serious, offering a psychological drama  that will have you wondering where it's all leading.

Viljar Bøe's ABOVE THE KNEE screened at Frightfest in Discovery Screen 2 on Monday 25th August 2025. It's getting a Digital release from Blue Finch on Monday 8th September 2025