Let the Right One In

Låt den rätte komma in, SE 2008  colour 114 min.
dir: Tomas Alfredson
pro: John Nordling, Carl Molinder, EFTI Film AB
sc: John Ajvide Lindqvist
ph: Hoyte van Hoytema
mus: Johan Söderqvist
ed: Tomas Alfredson, Dino Jonsäter
cast: Kĺre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord
dis: Vivarto

 

A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar and regularly bulled by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. the lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves next door to him. But Eli’s arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she’s a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear… Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.

 

TRIBECA IFF 2008 – Best Narrative Feature
Neuchatel IFFF 2008 – Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver
Göteborg IFF 2008 – Nordic Film Prize, Nordic Vision Award