Nina (Silvia Myhre) goes off to the countryside with her parents on a brief vacation where she encounters a boy hiding up in a tree (Prebar Skjoensberg). The two soon become best friends, sharing an opposite problem: Nina's parents are too overprotective and the little boy's parents are a little negligent (they do not really know where is he most of the time). So Nina and the little boy run off together for awhile, earnestly discussing topics that deal with life from a seven-year-old's perspective. Maybe both sets of parents will soon be in for a bit of behavior modification, as their children unknowingly or not, start to have an effect on their elders.
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An absurd premise
fredrikgunerius4 August 2023
A 10-year-old girl befriends an ostensibly mysterious boy a couple of years older who has run away from home and taken up residence in a tree in the girl's family yard. It's an absurd premise based on contrived presumptions and conflicts. And the end result is not helped by the fact that the performances and dialogue belong to a stilted, theatrical tradition which makes all the film's would-be probing interpersonal elements outlandish and ineffective. The post-sync dialogue is particularly bad, especially in the interactions between Nina and her parents. Alas, because young Silvia Myhre as the girl has a natural presence in front of the camera. If only director Lasse Glomm (At dere tør!, Sweetwater) had been able to direct her and her cast mates as well as he composes his shots. Instead, he tries desperately to make his film relevant by placing it all in a semi-fantastical context which is not accounted for. Kai Remlow is a relief in a small part as the boy's father.
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