The Swedish director Fredrik Edfeldt is someone, we ought to hear from soon again. Being with his debut feature “The Girl” (2009) in Berlin and Karlovy Vary, he has come to stay with his second feature “Sanctuary”.
A father has killed a man and will shortly be arrested and sent to prison. His young daughter will be taken into care. She is his everything, and he, for all his failings, is the ground under her feet. They are inseparable and have nothing but each other. Unwilling to give up their freedom they escape into the woods. In the woods, chased by police and other authorities, the two of them get to spend a final summer of freedom together. Their meeting with nature and their struggle for survival breathes new life into the relationship before the inevitable end.
Wonderful Jakob Cedergren (“Submarino”) playing the Father and a very naturalistic Clara Christiansson in the role of the Daughter, with film depicting the beauty of nature, its freedom and the understanding of forgiving, “Sanctuary” in its whole, is a beautiful piece.
Maria Reinup / PÖFF
Sweden, Finland 2013
Sanctuary
Faro
MS12
Genre
Drama
Director
Fredrik Edfeldt
Run time
1h 30min
Cast
Jakob Cedergren, Clara Christiansson, Maria Heiskanen
Genre
Drama
Director
Fredrik Edfeldt
Run time
1h 30min
Cast
Jakob Cedergren, Clara Christiansson, Maria Heiskanen
The Swedish director Fredrik Edfeldt is someone, we ought to hear from soon again. Being with his debut feature “The Girl” (2009) in Berlin and Karlovy Vary, he has come to stay with his second feature “Sanctuary”.
A father has killed a man and will shortly be arrested and sent to prison. His young daughter will be taken into care. She is his everything, and he, for all his failings, is the ground under her feet. They are inseparable and have nothing but each other. Unwilling to give up their freedom they escape into the woods. In the woods, chased by police and other authorities, the two of them get to spend a final summer of freedom together. Their meeting with nature and their struggle for survival breathes new life into the relationship before the inevitable end.
Wonderful Jakob Cedergren (“Submarino”) playing the Father and a very naturalistic Clara Christiansson in the role of the Daughter, with film depicting the beauty of nature, its freedom and the understanding of forgiving, “Sanctuary” in its whole, is a beautiful piece.
Maria Reinup / PÖFF
Sweden, Finland 2013
A father has killed a man and will shortly be arrested and sent to prison. His young daughter will be taken into care. She is his everything, and he, for all his failings, is the ground under her feet. They are inseparable and have nothing but each other. Unwilling to give up their freedom they escape into the woods. In the woods, chased by police and other authorities, the two of them get to spend a final summer of freedom together. Their meeting with nature and their struggle for survival breathes new life into the relationship before the inevitable end.
Wonderful Jakob Cedergren (“Submarino”) playing the Father and a very naturalistic Clara Christiansson in the role of the Daughter, with film depicting the beauty of nature, its freedom and the understanding of forgiving, “Sanctuary” in its whole, is a beautiful piece.
Maria Reinup / PÖFF
Sweden, Finland 2013
Info
Rating
Under 12 Not Recommended
Production year
2013
Global distributor
-
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/19/2013