In an apartment a single and psychotic mother locks in herself and her daughter. Here, the demons are in control. Ti can hear her mother talking to the demons, and she sees her changing and confined face. But the demons that the mother speaks with Ti can neither hear nor see. Outwards, Ti is forced to keep a straight face to protect her mother, while she herself is going under.
Acting
Esther Quigley's silent suffering will destroy you.
Direction
Osten traps you in that apartment, no escape.
Director
Suzanne Osten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Suzanne Osten based this on her own childhood with a mentally ill mother, making it one of Swedish cinema's most painfully autobiographical horror-dramas.
The film never shows the demons visually — Osten insisted on this to force audiences into Ti's perspective, questioning whether horror comes from monsters or from loving someone unstable.
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