A Hole in My Heart
307
Drama
Shot under extreme secrecy and set in a dingy suburban apartment, the film features some of the most shocking and unsettling images in recent memory. Moodysson focuses on Rickard (Thorsten Flinck) and his painfully shy son Eric (Björn Almroth), who spends most of his days holed up in his room listening to spectacularly abrasive industrial music, presumably in an attempt to drown out what's going on in the rest of the apartment. His ... [+]
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"Will disgust many (probably most) viewers as it cements Moodysson's reputation as one of today's most daring filmmakers." | ||||
"Moodysson comes on like de Sade crossed with Godard, yet by locking us outside of his characters, he fails to make them even contemptuously compelling." | ||||
"The film is yet another proof of Moodysson's fearlessness and his willingness to push forward and break through the boundaries of convention." | ||||
"An experimental, transgressive work that pretty much fails on every level." | ||||
"Sends your brain whirring as well as your stomach churning -- quite a feat. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | ||||
"Moodysson doesn't seem to realize the difference between a film that's disturbing yet provocative, and a film that's just amateurish and gross" |
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