Flickan / The Girl (2009) Direction: Fredrik Edfeldt Cast: Blanca Engström, Tova Magnusson-Norling, Emma Wigfeldt, Michelle Vistam, Vidar Fors Screenplay: Karin Arrhenius In rural Sweden, a young girl's parents jet off to Africa on a charity trip, leaving the child (Blanca Engström) in the care of an inattentive aunt. The Girl — that's how she's listed in the credits, her name is never revealed — quickly tires of her caretaker's cycle of wild parties in the evening and hangovers in the morning, and contrives a way to send her off on a trip with an old boyfriend. The Girl is a quiet, observant type, and, though she has friends in a skinny farm boy and a chubby teenage girl who lives in a nearby town, she quickly adapts to life on her own. Fredrik Edfeldt's Flickan / The Girl, Honorable Mention for Best Debut Film at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, is fairly adept [...]...
- 3/3/2011
- by Dan Erdman
- Alt Film Guide
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