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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

Original title: Ibelin
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.
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Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receivin... Read allMats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.

  • Director
    • Benjamin Ree
  • Writer
    • Mats Steen
  • Stars
    • Mats Steen
    • Robert Steen
    • Trude Steen
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    8.2/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
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    53
    • Director
      • Benjamin Ree
    • Writer
      • Mats Steen
    • Stars
      • Mats Steen
      • Robert Steen
      • Trude Steen
    • 61User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 14 wins & 31 nominations total

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    Mats Steen
    • Self - Ibelin
    • (archive footage)
    Robert Steen
    • Self - Father
    Trude Steen
    • Self - Mother
    Mia Steen
    • Self - Sister
    Lisette Roovers
    • Self - Rumour
    Kai Simon Fredriksen
    • Self - Nomine
    Mikkel Neilsen
    • Self - Nikmik
    • (as Mikkel Riknagel Nielsen)
    Xenia-Anni Neilsen
    • Self - Reike
    • (as Xenia-Anni Nielsen)
    Rikke Nielsen
    • Self - Etaine
    • (voice)
    Tor Bjørn Torp
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Kristian Froberg Hansen
    • Self - Stoen
    • (voice)
    Jenna Rissanen
    • Self
    Leif Jacobsson
    • Self
    Anne Hamill
    • Self
    Ninna Wiberg
    • Self
    Kirsi Lunden
    • Self
    Peter Skipper Hartvig Szwed
    • Self
    Donna Paterson
    • Self
    • Director
      • Benjamin Ree
    • Writer
      • Mats Steen
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    cameronlalor

    Ibelin Continues to change lives

    This is probably the most unprofessional but honest review I have given on IMDB. This was a beautiful story amazingly animated and curated to understand his nature and impact in how the digital age can still grip and touch us all. As someone who has constant Existential fears and worries around death. The story of Ibelin reminded me of the purpose we all share in this life, is our relationship with each other, how love and respect helps eachother to grow, and that if we open our hearts and allow each other to embrace both our gifts and our flaws, we can share something special regardless of the canvas our senses create.
    10saimariejohnson

    MUST WATCH OF THE YEAR

    This made me ugly cry and yet feel so inspired .

    As a carrier of Duchenne and a mother of two sons who have this horrible disease and also as a creative who got my start in role-playing communities.

    It is an ABSOLUTE Must Watch!

    The Story Behind Netflix's Moving Documentary 'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. The film focuses on a Norwegian gamer who died at 25, leaving behind a richer online life than his family could have imagined.

    THIS SHOW is a MUST watch, I am seriously asking everyone to take the time out of their day to view. It is about Mats "Ibelin" Steen who had Duchenne and was an avid WOW player.

    For so many layers and reasons it is a documentary that hit every single one of my heartstrings.

    The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is on Netflix now.
    10olivergardinerturtill

    Great expectations

    Well, Rarely do i find a documentary that shreds me to the core.

    It's great in it's simplicity, but this true story hits you to the core on an international level. A must see for every parent and educator who is afraid of the online gaming community.

    Now, I rarely get emotional these days, it has been a few years since I have tears run down my face during such a long time. The documentary hits every chord it touches, for me at least. True, when you look at the story objectively, and take all the emotional items out of it, it is a story so cliché that it borders on the sickening delights of a cheap RomCom. It follows exactly the same story line one could imagine in a movie of that kind. Yet the true story and the testimonies of his family and the online community give it a message that hits home hard.

    Personally I was touched as my life has many similarities to our hero, but for quite different reasons and for sure I am not a hero, Mats is! In every single definition of the word.

    May there be many Ibelin's in this world, and the online worlds, and I hope 'World of Warcraft' erects a statue in Azeroth (or names the 30 minute route he ran every day) to the exceptional person that was Mats "Ibelin" Steen, and may they produce a full scale movie about his and his characters life with all profits going to the research of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
    9jtborgersen

    A must see for the fall.

    A must see for everyone. A heartwarming and touching movie about my fellow Norwegian man. I cried and got to think about his life when he lived. No spoilers so just sit back and feel the movie.

    You will not be disappointed at all. Ibelin has been in Norwegian media for some time and I was wondering if this could be a good movie, so hell yeah... Shows me as a father that when kids are more in a virtual word it's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just something I don't understand just yet.

    So please sit back and let the movie take you through a young man's world so far away from our world. And if you are living in Ibelins world; I salute you 🇳🇴
    9MarvinLeroy

    RIP Ibelin

    I went to the cinema yesterday without knowing too much about the story, except it being very emotionally moving, and left it a feeling of gratefuleness.

    This movie displays the story of a young man who had to live his life with a severe muscular disease, that eventually took him. Due to his incapability of taking part in life in the real world, he chose to spent it mostly digitally in World of Warcraft. In this virtual world he was not limited by his disease and could do things, that he was not able to do otherwise.

    This documentary displays is life in WoW and how he affected others. It is a very moving story and I could imagine it to be eye opening, especially for elder people, who might not have a perception of how much a virtual world can impact people.

    I consider myself a gamer as well, not particularly a roleplayer, but a gamer and thereby I know, how beautiful games can be and how they can yield relationships. With that perspective in mind, I also was moved by the story. Rest in Peace Ibelin.

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      In interviews, Benjamin Ree has stated that the film was completed without initial permission from Blizzard, the owners of World of Warcraft. This was a big risk, but necessary to ensure the film's independent status. When the film was completed, the production crew contacted Blizzard and travelled to California to show them the film. After the screening, several of the bosses of the company were crying and granted the necessary rights.
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      Features Dragonheart: Fire & Steel (1996)
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      Written by Øystein Greni

      Copyright Warner Music Norway

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    • Release date
      • October 25, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Norway
    • Languages
      • English
      • Norwegian
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • La singular vida de Ibelin
    • Production companies
      • Medieoperatørene
      • VGTV
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      • $1,303,564
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      • 1h 43m(103 min)
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      • Dolby Digital

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