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Disco

2019

Jorunn Myklebust Syversen

Josefine Frida Pettersen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Fredericke Rustad Hellerud, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Espen Klouman Høiner

5.1

230

Drama On the surface, everything seems perfect. 19 year old Mirjam is the stepdaughter of the charismatic pastor of an evangelical movement called The Freedom. As a world champion in disco freestyle dancing and leader of the youth group in the congregation, she is the pride of the church. Whilst defending her world title, she collapses on stage. This makes her start to question her faith. Her family's solution is for her to be a better ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"'Disco' is much more of an unsettling existential drama (...) a film that tackles serious issues without resolving them in simple ways"	POS
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"While by no means the first film to dabble in the muddled waters of religious cults or communities, [it] still manages to surprise, in large part because the world it is set in is miles away from the one usually associated with extremism."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"Syversen demonstrates a strong feel for pulsing bass, neon lighting and discomfiting close-ups but a somewhat vaguer sense of character and theme."	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"The empathy Syversen and her lead actress evoke for a free spirit battered into submission that is this tough little film’s greatest achievement."	POS
Canada	Kurt Halfyard Screen Anarchy	"Jorunn Myklebust Syversen confidently captures the energy and emptiness of Mirjam's two 'professional' worlds, but it is her lingering on the personal, private one where the film shines"	POS

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