Starring Vivelill Søgaard Holm, Peter Plaugborg Written by Daniel Joseph Borgman Directed by Daniel Joseph Borgman Daniel Joseph Borgman enjoys putting his characters in suspended animation. His Danish film’s opening images are those of a man struggling against the water, fighting tooth and nail against an overwhelming element. The man, Jens (Peter Plaugborg) claims to […]
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- 9/19/2019
- by Anya Stanley
- DreadCentral.com
Published in 2015, Ane Riel’s novel Resin found itself the winner of four major Scandinavian literary awards on its way to international bestseller status. It’s no wonder then that it would be optioned as a film so soon afterwards by fellow Danes Daniel Borgman (director) and Bo Hr. Hansen (screenwriter). A dark thriller centered upon a close-knit family of hermits, the story unfolds as though of two worlds: theirs and ours. Jens (Peter Plaugborg) and Maria (Sofie Gråbøl) created this division intentionally as an irrational fear born from some unknown source of paranoia takes hold. Untrusting of the world that bore them, they decide to fake their daughter’s death as a means to sever their societal ties and protect young Liv (Vivelill Søgaard Holm) from its corruption.
The opening scene therefore epitomizes this duality as Jens screams Liv’s name from the water. He’s inconsolably distraught with...
The opening scene therefore epitomizes this duality as Jens screams Liv’s name from the water. He’s inconsolably distraught with...
- 9/9/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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