Tuer un enfant

A short that keep attention because of the,in my opinion, voice over and the oral narrative that know everything and tell us what will happen. That kind of narrative can generate suspense, give us more about the inner state (emotion) of the characters and we want to see how the tragedy will come because we know a tragedy will happen since the beginning of the short movie. That keep us the interest of the short and what will happen after that. The narrative is the main strenght of this short and we compare this to the litterature, a novel. Pretty gooc experience. I recommend it.

Att Doda ett barn (1953) Swedish short movie.

To give its English translated title gives an insight of what to expect "To Kill A Child". This isn't a sensational film, it is a simple study of how one bright sunny day can turn quite dramatically due to an accident. Narrated throughout, in a calm unsensational manner. Its tone belies the drama that slowly unfolds. Being Swedish you can take it as read that it is subtitled. This does add a little extra nuance to the story. The subtitles adding a more poetic bent to the narrative within. I have subsequently learn that there is a Spanish remake from 2017 which will need to be devoured to see how this adaption will work and how more concise a 9 minute film will become in this 8 minute version.

It was a bright day, when a happy man decided to write a review of a movie that he had just watched on the TV, Netflix to be precise.

Not knowing what to expect he was surprised how he was affected by the movie and its slow build up and abrupt decline once the incident of the title had occurred. The man wrote his words, turned off his laptop and silently reread his words. He now wishes he had studied harder at school or taken heed of his teachers and was not distracted by the sound of 80s pop music on the radio, and of football and of the girls in the gym

The man was surprised to have found this film on Netflix's. It doesn't fulfil any of the usual criteria of the media player. Well done Netflix said the man.

The man said to himself films don't have to be over the to be sensationalised action movies to be enthralling or overly long to keep the audience engaged. They can be short and concise with a minimum choice of words. Unlike this movie review he laughed to himself.

Life is too short and so is this film, but then so is the life of a child 9/10.

This is easily the most thrilling, sad, gripping and thought provoking short I've ever seen. The story is told almost entirely by narration and has some truly exceptional lines that play with your emotions and stays in your mind even after you've finished watching. From the second I started watching to the second it ended (which isn't very long considering its a short) my eyes were glued to the screen, and my mouth was usually wide open. It is a shocking and tragic story, yet the film never blames anyone. It doesn't point the finger or tell you what to think. There's no villain, the killer is constantly referred to as a "happy man" making the event more tragic as well as more realistic and powerful.

I highly recommend this underated classic that holds up surprisingly well.

You can watch it in the evening, the late afternoon, lunchtime. It will make you sad.

You can experience it on a tiny mobile screen at four in the morning after days of rough sleep on the floor in a quiet house. It may change you, who's to say.

This is a film you find accidentally whilst absentmindedly flicking through a streaming service. You watch it because it's only shorr, and the title is intriguing, if morbidly so.

It will stay with you. For a very long time I wondered if it was even real.

It is not a figment of your imagination. You can spare nine minutes.