Lonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, the intrusive Lotte, he realizes there is something wrong with the place. Each time he leaves his apartment, Frank is scared... the talkative concierge, the annoying child, the love-sick Lotte, her brutal ex-boyfriend and above all, her new jealous boyfriend, the scary Micke, they all seem to be Frank's enemies.
Acting
Peter Stormare simmers with terrifying restraint
Direction
Twin directors squeeze dread from empty hallways
Sound
Every footstep and whisper becomes a threat
Director
Johan Lundborg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directors Lundborg and Storm are childhood friends who made this debut after years in Swedish television—hence the cohesively suffocating vision.
Part of the 'Nordic noir' wave but stripped of police procedurals, focusing instead on the quiet horror of Swedish social isolation and anonymous apartment living.
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