A 14-year-old's escape becomes her prison—Swedish cinema's most uncomfortable family intervention.
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prostitute to get money for drugs and debts. Meanwhile, the rest of her family is falling apart, and her father, Mats, is trying to figure out how to get her back before it's too late.
Acting
Sofia Westberg's devastating stillness as Vera—barely speaks, destroys you.
Direction
Runge's unflinching close-ups refuse to let you look away.
Writing
Dialogue so sparse every silence screams.
Director
Björn Runge
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