A strange, beautiful film. We watch mother and son as they go about their peculiar daily routine, and we see a dead child in the ocean. It's unnerving and, somehow, everything seems eerily sexual, too. Then we are invited to go underwater where we get a closer look at the strange story science and earth have to tell. There are only mothers and sons in this coastal town. There is routine and control - but who is in control and what happens if someone starts to ask que find out more...
'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' (skillfully adapted from the book of the same name) is a modest but thoroughly engaging thriller. Set in a gloomy modern Sweden, the atmosphere is tense, the characters authentic, whilst the mood is sombre and slightly dreamlike. Don't be fooled though, this is a psychologically brutal film addressing themes such as incest, sadism and violence, particularly against women.
Although the inevitable twist dosn't quite think outside the box, it's an exhilar
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