Let the Right One In (2008)
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Country: SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 115m
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Synopsis:
A withdrawn young boy who is bullied at school and lives only with his mother, makes friends with a girl in the same apartment building who turns out to be a vampire.
Review:
A new twist to the bloodsucking genre, and boy, does it need it, this is almost the high school vampire film, except that few scenes actually take place in school and the overarching tone is far more understated and quirky than the melodrama suggested by that description. The visual palette, with much of the action taking place against snow and ice, is restrained, which of course makes the blood all the more effective. A lot is achieved by having the principals as two children, with their peculiar complicity and isolation from the world, but the ending, with the boy venturing abroad guarding an outsize piece of luggage, leaves many questions unanswered. No matter: the real climax, in a swimming pool, and seen only from under water, is a standout.
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Country: SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 115m
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Synopsis:
A withdrawn young boy who is bullied at school and lives only with his mother, makes friends with a girl in the same apartment building who turns out to be a vampire.
Review:
A new twist to the bloodsucking genre, and boy, does it need it, this is almost the high school vampire film, except that few scenes actually take place in school and the overarching tone is far more understated and quirky than the melodrama suggested by that description. The visual palette, with much of the action taking place against snow and ice, is restrained, which of course makes the blood all the more effective. A lot is achieved by having the principals as two children, with their peculiar complicity and isolation from the world, but the ending, with the boy venturing abroad guarding an outsize piece of luggage, leaves many questions unanswered. No matter: the real climax, in a swimming pool, and seen only from under water, is a standout.
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Country: SV
Technical: col/2.35:1 115m
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Synopsis:
A withdrawn young boy who is bullied at school and lives only with his mother, makes friends with a girl in the same apartment building who turns out to be a vampire.
Review:
A new twist to the bloodsucking genre, and boy, does it need it, this is almost the high school vampire film, except that few scenes actually take place in school and the overarching tone is far more understated and quirky than the melodrama suggested by that description. The visual palette, with much of the action taking place against snow and ice, is restrained, which of course makes the blood all the more effective. A lot is achieved by having the principals as two children, with their peculiar complicity and isolation from the world, but the ending, with the boy venturing abroad guarding an outsize piece of luggage, leaves many questions unanswered. No matter: the real climax, in a swimming pool, and seen only from under water, is a standout.