At the Gothenburg film festival got Tuva Novotny, receiving strong applause for his directorial debut. It does not mean that the festival audience was more enthusiastic set than the critics to the jämngråa landsbygdskomedin ”Britt-Marie was here”. No, already before Fredrik Backman-the film had Novotny made the Norwegian film ”Blind spot”, on his own artistic volition.
Here, there is no popular novel that sales pitch, or expected people to dance in ”A man called Ove”-level. ”Blind spot” is, instead, a helvetesfärd on an hour and a half, manifested with force and precision, in a single long shot. It is one of the past year’s most urgent overwhelming film experiences.
stated Novotny, that it was extra fun to show the film at the festival as the ”Blind spot” may not premiere in Sweden – a filmförsummelse that actually says something about a system error.
”Blind spot” is not the first film of a Swedish director from the nordic neighbour who met a cool Swedish interests, despite the fact that it is about the artistically driven debut that has been celebrated at festivals.
It was long unclear whether Isabella Eklöf’s wayward Danish drama ”Holiday” would get theatrical release in Sweden and only recently did Gustav Möller johannes thriller ”The guilty”, the Danish Oscarsbidrag, the go-ahead for the repertoire.
the same tour, but released directly for home use on February 11, but had both deserved and needed the attention that a real premiere means.
That so does not happen at the same time as the ”Britt-Marie was here” dominating the canvases is a worrying sign that the Swedish cinema complex, for the most part, incidentally, is controlled by a Kinaägt conglomerate, is developing a blind spot for quality.
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