She's not possessed—she's just a teenager. But try telling that to her village.
Eighteen-year-old Vika, in order to recover from a disease that is considered demonic possession in her village, plans to escape and stay in the neighboring Norway. Her way is much more scary than finding a local groom or finding a job.
Acting
Elena Tronina's physicality—panic as performance and reality.
Direction
Tverdovsky's patient, unblinking observation of institutional cruelty.
Cinematography
Bleak northern landscapes that feel like another character.
Director
Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tverdovsky continues his fascination with bodies under surveillance, following Zoology and Conference—this time the body is young, female, and pathologized by patriarchy.
The 1.0 TMDB rating with only 2 votes suggests festival obscurity, not quality—this is deliberate slow cinema that algorithms hate and humans need.
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