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‘Armand’ Director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel on His ‘Fantastical’ School Drama Starring Renate Reinsve: ‘Everybody’s Starting to Lose Their Sense of Reality’
The Norwegian Director and Ingmar Bergman's Grandson Spoke to Variety about "Armand," Starring Renate Reinsve.
In his early 20s, Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel held a variety of roles at a primary school, including substitute teaching, leading afterschool programs and working with children with disabilities. “ Armand,” which made the Oscars international feature film shortlist for Norway, opened in U.S. theaters on Friday and closely scrutinizes parental reactions to an extreme incident between kids. The adults’ escalating discussions satirically reflect politician speech, Tøndel said, in the way that they talk circuitously with “nothing of content.” The strangeness heightens as one of the staff members tries to staunch an incessant nosebleed mid-conversation and when Elisabeth launches into an almost 10-minute fit of laughter.
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