"Reinsve performs as if dancing on the edge of a knife." - Isaac Feldberg, RogerEbert.com
"Forget sweeping shots of big landscapes, it’s the topography of the human face that is most stunning to behold. In Reinsve’s crumbling visage, we bear witness to what happens when the lives we delicately build threaten to chip and shatter before our eyes." - Chase Hutchinson, TheWrap
Opens February 14 | On a rainy afternoon, Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD) is called to her son Armand’s empty elementary school for a parent-teacher meeting, where the scathing accusation that her son has abused Jon, the son of Sarah and Anders, is levied. Sitting in children’s chairs, as school administrators fumble the mediation, the complicated histories of the three adults bubble to the surface, and tension furiously mounts. As ARMAND becomes less and less about, well, Armand, and more about the judgments of Elisabeth, Reinsve delivers an mesmerizing, uninhibited performance. Shot beautifully on 16mm, ARMAND won the Golden Camera award at Cannes, and is rightfully Norway’s submission for Academy Award consideration.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee - Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival
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