Kare Hedebrant is Oskar, a bullied middle-schooler in late ’70s Sweden who lives a life of wounded isolation. His classmates pick on him, his single mom doesn’t seem to know what to do with him, and he’s fascinated by stories of murder in the local paper.
No wonder he’s intrigued when a new neighbor moves in next door in their snow-shrouded apartment block. The man — who quickly covers the windows so no one can see in — has a young girl, Eli (Lina Leandersson), who’s about Oskar’s age.
Oskar and Eli meet one night outside the apartment building, and it’s clear there’s something odd about her. Yet Oskar is intrigued and the two begin an awkward, endearing and ultimately horrifying relationship where he feeds off her friendship and she, well, just feeds off his friends.
[full review from the Star-Telegram]
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