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Norway’s official bid for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025
Synopsis
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of trespassing against his best friend in elementary school.
The debut feature film of Halfdan Ullman Tønder, the grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman, is a partly allegorical, partly naturalistic analysis of the 21st century education system and their handling of an “unpleasant incident” between two 6-year-old boys
Renate Reinsve is the eccentric mother of Armand, the alleged perpetrator of the incident, and as she finds herself under the scrutiny of her son’s teacher, the school administration and the parents of the other boy, the film slowly sinks into a relationship abyss, a limbo from which nothing can ever emerge.
Ullmann Tønder’s purpose and stance is strong, as is his artistic expression, which is clearly inspired by his grandfather’s work, and perhaps to some extent by Kubrick
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And while the narrative as such feels uneven at times and the film unevenly edited, “Armand” is in many ways a return and tribute to pure cinema, for which it should be applauded
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