Director Eskill Vogt made his international debut with his debut film "Blindsight" seven years ago, winning the Best European Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, his other film this year, "The Worst Man in the World", was also shortlisted for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. And won the Best Foreign Language Film Award from the New York Film Critics Association.
In the comment section, many people called it the best thriller/horror movie of the year.
How scary is it? How creepy? Let's open the video with doubts~
At the beginning of the story, a little girl quietly reached out to another slightly older girl next to her. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he pinched the flesh on her thigh. The little girl named Yida, 6 years old. The girl who was pinched was her sister, named Anna. Due to a field disease at the age of 4, mental deterioration and loss of language ability were also caused. She couldn't express her emotions, even if it was pain, she could only babble. It can be seen that Yida does not like Anna. Because my parents gave almost all their patience and love to my sister, but left themselves out in the cold. Probably out of jealousy, she always tried her best to bully Anna. This seemingly "innocent" little girl has a devil in her heart. In addition to doing this to her sister, she would also spit under the balcony. Violently trample the earthworms in the soil.
Recently, the sisters moved to a new home with their parents, and they made new friends. Here, the first person to greet Yida is a little boy named Benjamin. Like her, Benjamin has a devil in his heart. But by comparison, Yida is nothing but bronze. Benjamin is a child of a single parent family, and his mother will only scold him. He is withdrawn, lonely, and always bullied by older kids. However, for various reasons, the seeds of "evil" took root in his heart... After Yida appeared, the devil in the two seemed to resonate. Benjamin demonstrated his "superpower", using his mind to change the direction of objects. At first, Yida only thought it was amazing, and the two of them could play together and soon became friends. But slowly, things are developing in an uncontrollable direction. First, the two of them threw the kitten down the high stairs together. Seeing that the kitten was still alive, Benjamin even said: "Let's kill it." Soon, he manipulated an adult and killed the 14-year-old boy who had bullied him.
On the other hand, Anna also met a new friend, Aisha, a girl with albinism. Although, like Benjamin, he grew up in a single-parent family. But Elsa's personality is the exact opposite of his. She is kind, sincere, and understands Anna's heart with her superpowers. And Anna can also manipulate objects with her mind, such as making a plate spin all the time. In fact, of the four children, except for Yida, the other three can sense each other. Not only can they hear what the other person is thinking up close, but they can even talk over the air. Of course, it's just a secret between children, they never tell their parents, and adults just think they're just playing games. Benjamin doesn't think the "bad things" he has done are terrible. Elsa wants to stop him from continuing to do things, but Benjamin manipulates Elsa's mother to kill her. Yida was really scared, and she desperately wanted to get rid of the vortex of fear. Even so, she still doesn't say a word to her parents. Just make up your mind to solve the source of your fear with your own hands. Before leaving, she gave her mother a deep hug as a "final" goodbye. Yida bought a plane with pocket money and called Benjamin out to play together. When the boy stood unguarded by the bridge, she shoved from behind...
Although there are no ghosts or overly bloody or violent scenes throughout the film, the protagonists are also four children. But under the camera, the cruelty that does not match his age is truly chilling. It must be said that the world of children is not as simple as we think. They are innocent and simple, but they are also sensitive and vulnerable, and they will also bully the small and malicious. And the often heard "he's just a child", do you dare to say it after watching this movie?