Problematicfatherfiguresandapill-pushingdoctorleadaDanishmanintodarknessinIsabellaEklof'spowerfuldramaechoingwithcolonialconflicteee
Janisontherunfromhimselfandhistraumasafterbeingsexuallyabusedbyhisfather.NowheliveswithhisfamilyinNuuk,Greenland,whereheworksasanurseanddoeshisbesttoassimilateintothelocalcommunity.However,hispastcatchesupwithhimthroughaletterfromhisnowdyingfather,plunginghimintoadownwardspiralofdrugsandextramaritalaffairs.EmilJohnseniscaptivatingintheleadrole,portrayingJanasbothboyishlyfragileanddeeplyunsettling.Hauntedbyhisownfatherfigurehe'sreflectingDenmark'spaternalisticrelationshipwithGreenlandanditspopulation.IsabellaEkloffollowsupheracclaimeddebut(Holiday,GFF2018)withacourageousexplorationofhumandarkness,basedonKimLeine'sautobiography,solidifyingherpositionasoneofourmostexcitingNordicdirectors.
