Elskling
Directed by:
Lilja IngolfsdottirScreenplay:
Lilja IngolfsdottirCinematography:
Øystein MamenCast:
Helga Guren, Oddgeir Thune, Heidi Gjermundsen Broch, Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Elisabeth Sand, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Esrom Kidane, Victor Roll Nordstoga (more)Plots(1)
While Sigmund is always away on business, Maria juggles her career with childcare and managing the home. Like many other relationships, theirs was also all about love and harmony in the early stages, however, after years of married life, the cracks started to appear. Sigmund is ultimately the one to ask for a divorce, and Maria is forced to confront her greatest fears. While ostensibly a divorce drama, this debut by writer-director Lilja Ingolfsdottir nevertheless takes us further, delivering a multilayered character study of a woman experiencing a crisis that leads her to self-knowledge. Loveable isn’t a story about the quest for true love; on the contrary, it takes a fresh approach to examine contemporary ideas of romance, equality within the relationship, and the power of womanhood. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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You know that feeling when something in your relationship grinds so hard that you stifle a huge scream inside your body? The main character, Marie, certainly knows that feeling. And unfortunately, I now know it as a viewer who couldn't tune into this movie for anything and wanted to scream for it to be over. The relationship breakdown, the emotional strain, the inner turmoil, it's all there. The acting is on point, heartfelt, lived-in, but I, as a viewer, felt very little of it all. I haven't seen a more boring film in terms of narrative technique and mise-en-scene this year in Karlovy Vary, and I don't quite understand the enthusiasm of many viewers. [KVIFF 2024]
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