Violent

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Alain E @AlainE Jun 16, 2025 In the first 28 minutes this is incomprehensible and frankly boring. I guess the idea is that what we are watching is heavy with symbolism. A young woman decides to move from the provinces to Bergen in Norway. Before her departure she takes a walk in a forest with her younger sister and at some point immerses herself in a lake, as if she is self baptized. After she moves to the city she interacts with a young man who declares that he was recently resuscitated from sudden death and subsequently has not been able to sleep. They decide to go on a drive, but actually there is no full size car involved, but a remote control toy car. There are apparently seventy more minutes of similar narrative that I decided to skip. Apparently, several other viewers thought this was a masterpiece. See more

Jan 10, 2021 A lonely young girl sets of for Bergen to start a better life. She has a relative that hooks her up with a job and a place to stay and she also has a friend living there. Her friend is about to move to another city just as she arrives, without her knowledge. That's a rough one, and things does not turn into all that joy she wants and deserves. This is a pretty artsy flick with some freaky electro and some effects that comes by as the stories of her five most influential people enter the screen. In total I dig the production and it's very impressive as it's fonded independently and the shooting was done in only 13 days with only five people within the on-set crew. Another cool thing is that this is a Canadian film, shot in Norway, with Norwegian actors speaking Norwegian. This means that subtitles where needed during the post-production and in the pre-production the script was translated. This film is very unheard of. It only had proper releases in five countries - Norway was never included. It's a shame as it has some great emotions and works perfectly as a small indie film. The part dedicated to "Bent" is especially good, but I really like many scenes and parts of this film, even if it took some time to get into it and it's ways of presenting. 8 out of 10 remote controlled cars. See more

nefasto r @Nefasto Aug 22, 2019 Ok, this will be a weird review. First of all: the film is just amazing: poetic, powerful, happy, sad and weird! I was going to give 4 stars and the reason, I will be honest, is that I did not get it! I understood everything only after the credits rolled, and you know how? By reading the amazingly simple synopsis of the film! And the understanding of it makes me give half a star more. So read the next sentence to understand more, or figure it out by yourself: "Movie Info: A young woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event." See more

Jan 10, 2018 A masterpiece. You will cry. See more

Jan 6, 2018 A cinematic masterpiece See more

Dec 5, 2017 Despite some hiccups due to a low budget Violent is a wonderfully slow character drama that excels above many that try similar stories. Grade: B+ See more

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