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‘Armand’ Review: Renata Reinsve Shines In Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Intense School Drama – Cannes Film Festival
‘Armand’ review: Renata Reinsve shines in Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s intense school drama – Cannes Film Festival
Chances are, they won’t be quite as well disposed to her character in this austere drama from fellow countryman Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, grandson of Norwegian actress Liv Ullman and Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman. Tøndel’s lineage should give you a fair idea of what’s in store here, but, surprisingly, Armand doesn’t dig especially deep into the human psyche, finally falling into a strange no man’s land between intense character drama and jet-black comedy. There has, says Sunna, been an incident involving Armand and his best friend Jon, whose parents — Sarah (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) and Anders (Endre Hellestveit) — are waiting for Elisabeth to join them for a summit meeting.
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