‘Armand’ Is a Big Social-Commentary Swing With a Stellar Performance
What Renate Reinsve does with her role as a mother embroiled a school scandal is astounding, even if the movie around her is simply confounding.
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In 'Armand,' a fraught parent-teacher conference becomes increasingly unhinged
Writer-director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s debut film is structured around a meeting between the titular character's mother and ...
‘Armand’ Review: When a School Is a Trap
What the bad thing is takes a while to unfold, and no, it’s not a monster. (Not exactly.) Instead, “Armand” is about the way ...
‘Armand’ Review: Parent-Teacher Tensions in Norway
The Norwegian film “Armand,” insofar as it chiefly concerns Europeans speaking somberly to each other, embodies a certain ...
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Review: ‘Armand’ is a deftly choreographed nightmare
A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a ...
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A shocking allegation drives a parent-teacher conference into messy madness in Armand
A parent-teacher conference descends into a liminal hellscape in Armand, the feature debut of Norwegian writer-director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel. Winner of the Caméra d’Or—which honors the ...
Review: In a Norwegian school, parents and teachers clash over the fate of ‘Armand’
The debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel arrives with some unfair expectations — his grandparents are film legends — but finds a confidence and flair of its own.
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Movie Review: A deftly choreographed nightmare unspools in Norwegian film 'Armand'
A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a ...