Finnish director Hanna Bergholm’s creature-feature debut stirs the simmering conflict between a controlling mother, her fragile daughter and a rogue doppelgänger.
More often than not in classic dark fairy tales, mothers are notable by their absence, frequently making way for sinister stepmothers.
By contrast, in Finnish director Hanna Bergholm’s compellingly creepy first feature,, the syrupy sweet mother is a suffocating presence; her fixation with creating a pristine picture of domestic harmony instead contributes to the birth of a monster.
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