A young girl kills a classmate at school. She is the daughter of a politician, and the deceased boy is the son of another rival politician. What happened that day, and could someone have prevented the death of the young boy?
For the most part, this is an interesting movie with a lot of different themes. When a young boy dies at school after a girl hits him, you feel sorry for the father and especially the girl since I got the impression that this was an accident. This could have happened to anybody, and it’s sad that she has to live with it for the rest of her life. You also feel sorry for the father of the deceased boy.
What I didn’t like about the movie was the political aspect. The father of the girl is a member of a political party that is a sort of nemesis to the father of the deceased boy’s political party. If you know something about Norwegian politics, the way the movie portrays people who vote for the deceased boy’s father’s political party is too simplistic. I don’t know if the movie is trying to be satirical, but there’s not much humor here.
This is a serious movie, and the characters talk about different topics that are quite interesting, such as school dynamics. And who you can and can’t associate with if you don’t agree with their politics, and so on. But when the characters discuss politics, it feels simple-minded and stupid. In fact, it was disgusting, and I feel ashamed of being Norwegian. I can’t stand politicians in real life. I rank them lower than sick rats.
But if we set aside the stupid politics, this is a solid movie with solid actors, and I really loved the scenes with the teacher and the young girl who killed her classmate. The young girl doesn’t say much, but you feel that something has died inside of her. There’s a scene towards the end of the movie that is brutal and intense when she is sitting in the car, and a man walks up to the car. I’m not saying anything more.
If you like heavy drama movies and don’t mind reading subtitles, this is an interesting movie with a lot of interesting dialogue, except for the political discussions.