Une fillette capricieuse de neuf ans est envoyée à la campagne pour travailler et mûrir, mais se retrouve plutôt profondément empêtrée dans un drame qu'elle peut à peine saisir.Une fillette capricieuse de neuf ans est envoyée à la campagne pour travailler et mûrir, mais se retrouve plutôt profondément empêtrée dans un drame qu'elle peut à peine saisir.Une fillette capricieuse de neuf ans est envoyée à la campagne pour travailler et mûrir, mais se retrouve plutôt profondément empêtrée dans un drame qu'elle peut à peine saisir.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompenses
- 4 victoires et 12 nominations au total
Avis à la une
They had all the ingredients for a beautiful film but just could not produce it.
A coastal Icelandic nine-year-old girl, who stole something not important enough to identify, is shipped off to inland cattle farmer relatives to learn... something. Perhaps her parents assume hard work and country living will teach better behavior and morals. Or maybe they just want to place her where temptation is limited and where bad role models are lacking. In such a place, the resulting story would be pleasant and boring. This wasn't that place.
The film's production is excellent. The acting is fine, demanding just enough from the young lead actress to demonstrate that her brooding, outwardly silent nature was a directoral choice, not a child's limitation. And although not terribly complex, the plots are intriguing enough, and at times uncomfortable enough, to keep your attention. The cultural disconnect between a city-reared child and a family that raises its animals for food elevates the tension.
Unfortunately, the motivation for some characters' actions was unclear. So was the symbolic link between real world events and a pair of independent but congruent fictional tales, one narrated by the girl and one written by the farmhand.
Vignettes such as The Swan often have less than satisfying closure, and this film was true to type. On the other hand, when this finished I wasn't shrugging with disinterest. Instead, the climax and denouement left me extremely discombobulated: the child's lesson learned is apparently not one of how the world should be, but to accept the worst aspects of how it is. Wow.
It's slightly frustrating, but worth watching.
The film's production is excellent. The acting is fine, demanding just enough from the young lead actress to demonstrate that her brooding, outwardly silent nature was a directoral choice, not a child's limitation. And although not terribly complex, the plots are intriguing enough, and at times uncomfortable enough, to keep your attention. The cultural disconnect between a city-reared child and a family that raises its animals for food elevates the tension.
Unfortunately, the motivation for some characters' actions was unclear. So was the symbolic link between real world events and a pair of independent but congruent fictional tales, one narrated by the girl and one written by the farmhand.
Vignettes such as The Swan often have less than satisfying closure, and this film was true to type. On the other hand, when this finished I wasn't shrugging with disinterest. Instead, the climax and denouement left me extremely discombobulated: the child's lesson learned is apparently not one of how the world should be, but to accept the worst aspects of how it is. Wow.
It's slightly frustrating, but worth watching.
Le saviez-vous
- GaffesThe swan shown in close up shots is a mute swan, however that species is rare in Iceland. The soundtrack on the other hand includes whooper swans, which commonly breeds in Iceland.
- ConnexionsReferences Solaris (1972)
- Bandes originalesOnly Lover
Music and lyrics by East of my Youth
Performed by East of my Youth
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Détails
Box-office
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 2 367 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 898 $US
- 12 août 2018
- Montant brut mondial
- 62 716 $US
- Durée1 heure 31 minutes
- Couleur
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By what name was Svanurinn (2017) officially released in Canada in English?
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