Watched this on mubi. One of the better european dramas I've seen lately, altho it's not that new anymore. There doesn't seem to be too many popping up lately, in my opinion.
The movie apparently is based on a book and also scripted by the author. I haven't read the book, so I don't know how the movie compares.
Story follows a girl and a boy, later woman and a man, through years from about 8 years old to 30 something. Mostly concentrating on childhood. The script is non-linear so things don't always go as expected and can be a bit confusing.
For some time we follow a lonely - but very much adored - young girl at a ski resort. At another storyline we have a smart boy of same age and his mentally challenged sister of also same age. In between we have extracts of seemingly same kids at their teens where their stories connect. A lot and probably dramatic things seem to have happened tho, since the kids are not exactly happy in their teens anymore, if they ever were.
The boy is easy to follow as there is just one of them, but for a good while I mixed up three girls, partly because they look quite different at different ages, but also because they act quite differently and as the movie is non-linear, a lot has happened that we don't yet know. I'm not sure if this was deliberately done, but it confused the hell out of me.
The movie eventually reveals events from both the girls and boys lives which have dramatically affected them. In this regard the story is very strong and gripping, sometimes very hard to watch as a parent myself.
The prime numbers part is an interesting thought. It doesn't add much to the movie tho, other than a nice title and an intriguing analogy.
The movie apparently is based on a book and also scripted by the author. I haven't read the book, so I don't know how the movie compares.
Story follows a girl and a boy, later woman and a man, through years from about 8 years old to 30 something. Mostly concentrating on childhood. The script is non-linear so things don't always go as expected and can be a bit confusing.
For some time we follow a lonely - but very much adored - young girl at a ski resort. At another storyline we have a smart boy of same age and his mentally challenged sister of also same age. In between we have extracts of seemingly same kids at their teens where their stories connect. A lot and probably dramatic things seem to have happened tho, since the kids are not exactly happy in their teens anymore, if they ever were.
The boy is easy to follow as there is just one of them, but for a good while I mixed up three girls, partly because they look quite different at different ages, but also because they act quite differently and as the movie is non-linear, a lot has happened that we don't yet know. I'm not sure if this was deliberately done, but it confused the hell out of me.
The movie eventually reveals events from both the girls and boys lives which have dramatically affected them. In this regard the story is very strong and gripping, sometimes very hard to watch as a parent myself.
The prime numbers part is an interesting thought. It doesn't add much to the movie tho, other than a nice title and an intriguing analogy.