Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years, and she just moved in next door.
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
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Contemporary, grave, contemplative and earnest.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Sep 20257/10
A child of divorced parents, “Oskar” (Kåre Hedebrant) is frequently the victim of a trio of school bullies and at night, in the snow-covered park near his Stockholm home, he dreams of finally fighting back. One such night, he encounters the curious girl-next-door and over a period of evenings the pair start to become friends. She is “Eli” (Lina Leandersson) and she is quite a mysterious young girl. She is twelve, like him, but has no idea when her birthday is and she is also particularly adept at solving the Rubik’s cube (I usually had to dismantle mine and rebuild it!). All the while, their community is being rocked by the discovery of some exsanguined bodies, and so might “Oskar” be able to put two and two together and is he in even more danger from his new friend that from his school-day antagonists? We know all along who is doing what to whom, so a mystery this isn’t. What is is, though, is a characterful story of young love as both have their demons to address. There’s a little bit of ketchup now and again, but this isn’t really a gore fest either. Indeed, for much of the film the dirty work is being done by her equally enigmatic guardian “Håkan” (Per Ragnar) leaving the story
Read the whole review on TMDB - patient1on TMDB · Feb 20269/10
This is a beautiful story of a young girl who happens to be a blood sticking vampire, and as we see her story progress, you can't help but feel for the young Miss. I enjoyed this probably more than most as I'm a fan of all things Horror and Sci-fi. The atmosphere and setting make this film quite a thrill for the senses.
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Cast
- Kåre HedebrantOskar
- Lina LeanderssonEli
- Per RagnarHåkan
- Henrik DahlErik
- Karin BergquistYvonne
- Peter CarlbergLacke
- Ika NordVirginia
- Mikael RahmJocke
- Karl-Robert LindgrenGösta
- Anders T. PeeduMorgan
Crew
- Tomas AlfredsonDirector
- John Ajvide LindqvistWriter
- John Ajvide LindqvistNovel
- Hoyte van HoytemaDirector of Photography
- Johan SöderqvistOriginal Music Composer
- Tomas AlfredsonEditor
- Dino JonsäterEditor
- Carl MolinderProducer
- John NordlingProducer
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