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Bookmark this pageThe Ape (2009)
Director: Jesper Ganslandt
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From Time Out Online
Focusing as much on mood and detail as plot and character, ‘The Ape’ takes a single idea – what does an ordinary man do with himself the day after brutally murdering his family? – and plays it out in unflinching detail. Ganslandt never attempts to explore the inner conflict of family man Krister, preferring to let onscreen events – and Sarri’s monumentally blank, unsettling performance – speak for themselves. What emerges is a compelling but ultimately (and perhaps intentionally) rather shallow portrait of extreme human behaviour.Author: Tom Huddleston
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2009
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- Posted on Oct 23 2009 12:02 Please put a spoiler alert above this review! Not very intelligent to divulge the key point of the film, which other, more clever, critics have refrained from doing.
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Cast & crew
Director: Jesper Ganslandt
Cast: Olle Sarri, Francoise Joyce, Sean Pietrulewicz, Niclas Gillis
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 81 mins
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