The Swan (2017)

Original title

Svanurinn

Directed by

Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir

Genre

drama

Country

Estonia, Iceland, Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A troubled girl is sent to a remote farm in rural Iceland. There she confronts the harsh landscape and the strange people who live there.

slow-burnmelancholicdreamlikebleakvisually lushunsettlingsubtlecontemplative

What happens

Der Schwan ist der erste Langspielfilm der isländischen Regisseurin Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir. Er beruht auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Guðbergur Bergsson aus dem Jahr 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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