Christian (12) and his best friend have been invited over to an older boy from school. There, he enters a mysterious world. It becomes an overwhelming experience - an essential step towards puberty.
Direction
Munk builds dread from silence and suburban normalcy
Cinematography
The mysterious world bleeds into reality seamlessly
Director
Kaspar Munk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Munk based the film on his own childhood experience, refusing to explain the 'mysterious world' to preserve its subjective horror.
This became a sleeper hit on the festival circuit precisely because Denmark's trust in children's autonomy made such stories possible to tell.
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