Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Germany, Sweden
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
- based on novel or book
- vampire
- sweden
- bullying
- castration
- bully
- child vampire
- murder
- androgyny
- new neighbor
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Karin Bergquist — Yvonne
- Peter Carlberg — Lacke
- Ika Nord — Virginia
- Mikael Rahm — Jocke
- Karl-Robert Lindgren — Gösta
- Anders T. Peedu — Morgan
- Pale Olofsson — Larry
- Cayetano Ruiz — Magister Avila
- Patrik Rydmark — Conny
- Johan Sömnes — Andreas
- Mikael Erhardsson — Martin
- Directed
- Tomas Alfredson
- Written
- John Ajvide Lindqvist
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 3,326 ratings
- Studio
- EFTI, Bavaria Film International, Sandrew Metronome Sverige, Filmpool Nord, SVT, WAG
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
