HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL | NORWAY, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, SWEDEN | 2024 | 116 MIN | NORWEGIAN
In this potent, shape-shifting chamber drama, Renate Reinsve (a recent Cannes Best Actress winner for PFF30’s The Worst Person in the World) delivers a stunning performance as Elisabeth, an actress and single mother whose 6-year-old son Armand has been accused of an unspeakable crime by a fellow student. Over the course of a tense, school-mediated meeting between Elisabeth and the other boy’s mother Sarah (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) and father Anders (Endre Hellestveit), the tortured, intertwining histories of the parents come to light as it becomes increasingly clear that the origins of their animosity predate their sons’ alleged encounter. First-time feature director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel took home the prestigious Caméra d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival for this confident debut, which boasts both a preternatural control over the cinematic medium and a thrillingly experimental sensibility. And with her fierce, multilayered performance, Reinsve cements her place as one of contemporary film’s most exciting performers.
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Endre Hellestveit
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