Hjelperytteren

Hjelperytteren (English title: 110% Honest) is a Norwegian feature film from 2019 written and directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen.

[1] The film is a drama film–black comedy starring Silje Salomonsen[2] as the former professional cyclist Kim Karlsen, who, several years after she quit, admits to having used EPO as a performance-enhancing drug during her successful career.

[3] For his role in the film, Espen Klouman Høiner was nominated for the 2019 Kanon Award in the category best supporting actor.

[4] Former professional cyclist Kim Karlsen is now 39 years old, and she holds a press conference during which she admits the use of performance-enhancing substances during her career.

This dark comedy takes viewers behind the scenes of a doping scandal as it begins to unfold, observing how Kim copes with her fall from popularity.