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Armand

2024 · 116 min

A tense, claustrophobic meeting where polite facades crack and moral certainties dissolve into unease.

Tagline
I can understand this is not easy to hear.
Overview
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened between the two boys, the incident triggers a series of events, forcing parents and school staff into a captivating battle of redemption where madness, desire and obsession arise.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • parenthood
  • deception
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Written by
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Starring
Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Endre Hellestveit, Thea Lambrechts, Øystein Røger, Vera Veljović-Jovanović, Loke Nikolaisen, Assad Siddique
Music
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Cinematography
Pål Ulvik Rokseth
Runtime
116 min
Country
Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
Languages
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