Category Archives: Nordic Cinema

The love, the horror: “Vi” [2013 Sweden]

Mani Maserrat’s daring second feature, “Vi” [Eng. Title: Us] takes an intimate look at the disintegration of a passionate but tragic relationship. The violence and destruction is not as much physical as it is psychological.
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Desperately seeking the perfect man: “Kuutamolla” [2002 Finland]

Aku Louhimies’ chick-flick “Kuutamolla” [Eng. Title: Lovers and Leavers] looks at a Scandinavian version of Bridget Jones – slender and reserved, who hopes to meet and fall in love with the man of her dreams.
Iiris (Minna Haapkylä), reluctant to … Continue reading

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“Happy End” – a brief review [2011 Sweden, Denmark]

Björn Runge’s melodrama “Happy End” forces the issue upon four characters through their individual story-lines interacting with the central character Joanna (Ann Petrén), a widowed driving instructor whose personal life has hit a road-block after the husband’s passing, and … Continue reading

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Private lessons in applied biology, and life: “Lust och fägring stor” [1995 Sweden, Denmark]

Coming of age is a bankable subject for cinema, and even mediocre productions tend to fare well at the box office. But just occasionally, a film comes along to delve deeper than the customary hormonal overflows and infatuations. Bo … Continue reading

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Saija Lentonen in “Young Love” [2001 Finland]

The title for Arto Lehkamo’s film “Young Love” suggests that it was intended as a coming-of-age romantic drama, but I suspect it is a case of wrong labelling…
Thirteen year old Jukka (Joonas Nordman) – a photography enthusiast, is struck … Continue reading

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